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Bond Set For Former Portsmouth City Council Member Facing Human Trafficking, Racketeering Charges

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published October 29, 2020 at 5:12 AM EDT
nydailynews.com

Bond is set at 300 thousand dollars for the former Portsmouth City Council member charged with human trafficking, racketeering and other counts. 

Michael Mearan, a longtime area attorney, has posted bond and is now free after pleading not guilty. The charges follow an investigation showing he victimized six females from 2003 to 2018.
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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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