Hialeah council candidate has arrests in her past, for assault and child abuse

Angelica Pacheco, who made the runoff for a Hialeah council seat last week, was arrested twice in the past. Once for assault in what she said was self defense against an abusive man and once for child abuse in what she said was a misunderstanding. But she used a belt.

Ladra didn’t even know about the assault charge when she called Pacheco Sunday to ask her about the arrest. Pacheco — who faces Bryan Calvo Nov. 16 — must have thought she meant her first arrest.

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