Proco “Joe” Moreno is vying to get his 1st Ward aldermanic seat back after falling to current 1st Ward Ald. Daniel La Spata in 2019. Moreno served as 1st Ward alderman from his appointment in 2010 through 2019.

Moreno has faced legal issues in the past few years including in 2020 when he was charged with two counts of driving under the influence, one count of reckless driving and five counts of failing to report damage to an unattended vehicle after he crashed into multiple cars in the Gold Coast.

In 2021, Moreno pleaded guilty to charges of obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct for reporting that his car had been stolen when he had actually allowed a woman he was dating to borrow the car, and in 2018, Moreno was accused of impersonating a police officer in an attempt to get a woman to move her parked car.

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