Royal Palm mayor faces domestic battery charge

Royal Palm Beach Mayor Frederick Pinto has been arrested on a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery, court records show.

Palm Beach sheriff ’s deputies arrested Pinto, 67, Monday. He was booked into jail at 12:26 p.m.

Online court records do not identify the alleged victim.

At Tuesday morning first-appearance hearing, Pinto was released on his own recognizance and ordered to have “no violent contact with [the] victim,” records show.

Pinto’s next court hearing is scheduled for Dec. 11.

First elected to the Royal Palm Beach Council in 2003, Pinto was elected mayor in March 2016.