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Austin Mayor Will Wynn was charged Wednesday by Travis County prosecutors with assaulting a man in 2006 in front of his downtown loft building.
The mayor must perform 20 hours of community service or receive private counseling before May 2 for the Class C misdemeanor charge to be dismissed. Wynn entered his no-contest plea Tuesday.
According to the Austin American-Statesman, on March 17, 2006, Wynn was confronted by multiple requests for his name by Luke Johnson. When Wynn asked Johnson to leave, Johnson refused, and Wynn took him by the arm.
Johnson had X-rays to document his injuries. Police responded to a call on the scene.
Wynn immediately paid a $500 bond after the charge was filed in a Travis County justice of the peace court. He must pay an additional $68 in court costs, according to a written order by Precinct 5 Judge Herb Evans.
"I'm glad that this process has been resolved, and I, of course, will comply with the judge's order and have this charge dismissed," Wynn said in a statement Wednesday.
Wynn was also involved in an incident last fall in which he swore at a construction crew chief for holding up morning traffic on West Fifth Street. Wynn later apologized but said holding up traffic was "illegal and disrespectful," according to Daily Texan article.
"Did I use rough language? You bet I did," Wynn said in a statement at the time.
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