Brian O’Toole was first elected to the Sunnyvale City Council in 1983. He served as mayor from 1985 to 1986 and was re-elected in 1989 for a two-year term. He was charged in July 1990, with molesting a boy under the age of fourteen for six years from 1983 to 1989. He met the boy through the Big Brother program.
He later pled guilty and was sentenced to six years.
- LA Times: Sunnyvale Mayor Charged with Molesting Boy Under 14
- AP News: Former Sunnyvale Mayor Sentenced to Six Years for Child Molestation
27 June 1990
01 Sept 1990
08 Feb 1991