A staunch opponent of Proposition A, Pelaez is now pushing for a criminal justice reform policy after sharing details of his own 2011 arrest.
Manny Pelaez was arrested and charged with misdemeanor theft in 2011, he told the San Antonio Report.
Pelaez was arrested and charged with misdemeanor theft in 2011 on accusations he tried to steal goods from the H-E-B grocery in Leon Springs, he said in an interview with the online news site. The councilman said the DA's office threw out the charge, which has since been expunged. The story, which ran Sunday, couched Pelaez's revelation of the arrest as an explanation why he and District 4 Councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia recently filed a request for council to consider whether to set up a city program to help residents more easily expunge their criminal records.
However, online critics, including District 2 City Councilman Jalen Mckee-Rodriguez, said Pelaez's comments to the Report don't pass the smell test.
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