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A former mayor of a South Dakota town has been charged with murder after a triple-slaying Monday night in the community he once oversaw, according to the state’s attorney general. Jay Ostrem, 64, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder and is held in the Minnehaha County Jail on $1 million cash bond, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley said in a statement Tuesday. “There is no further threat to the public,' Jackley said after announcing the arrest in the fatal shootings.
He become Centerville's mayor in May 2009 and the council accepted his resignation in November 2011, according to city documents. That document did not specify why Ostrem resigned. In July 2010, the city's former police chief filed a federal lawsuit against Centerville and Ostrem. The suit, which is ongoing, accuses Ostrem of sexual harassment. 'Ostrem also made gender-based comments ... which were unwelcome and degrading,' the lawsuit said.
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