(Newport, RI) -- A member of Newport City Council is pleading not guilty to making an obscene phone call to a teenager. John Florez claims he was protecting his 13-year-old daughter from the boy who was sending sexual messages to his daughter. Family Court granted Florez a restraining order against the teen, but police charged him on the obscene phone call charge. Police say the boy is facing charges and will appear in Family Court at a later date.