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Indicted City of Bell Councilwoman Teresa Jacobo Confronted About Breast Cancer Awareness Funds
Teresa Jacobo is a former mayor of Bell, California.
Jacobo has been a member of the Bell City Council since 2001 and served as the mayor in 2003.
Jacobo was born in Jalisco, Mexico and came to the United States with her father when she was a year old. She is also a real estate agent for Century 21 Rainbow Properties in Bell, California.
She is Legislative Ambassador for the American Cancer Association, and ACS CAN, Board Member of Friends of Bell Foundation (foundation for the youth), Board Member for the Southeast Education Foundation, and Board Member of the Salvation Army. Recently, she has been found to receive $100,000, along with other Bell City Council members, and is now being targeted for stealing money from the City of Bell along with 3 council members, Robert Rizzo, the former city manager, Randy Adams, the former police chief, and Angela Spaccia, the former assistant city manager. On September 21, 2010, Teresa Jacobo was arrested along with 7 other officials from the city of Bell and charged with misuse of city funds and various other charges, and is one of 8 Bell officials and council members being sued by Attorney General Jerry Brown for fraud, civil conspiracy, waste of public funds and breach of fiduciary duty.