STOCKTON (AP) — The Stockton mayor has forcefully declared his innocence and says he never endangered children amid allegations that he made secret audio recording of strip game at youth camp run by him.
Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva made the statement at a news conference Friday afternoon.
On Thursday, he was charged with a felony of secretly recording confidential communications without consent.
He also faces misdemeanor charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, providing alcohol to people under 21, and child endangerment.
Silva is also accused of previously not reporting that a gun was stolen from his home until a month after it was used in the killing of a 13-year-old Stockton boy early last year.
Silva denied the charges filed Thursday and said he had nothing to do with the killing.