The nut accused of trying to run his ex-wife and kids off a Half Moon Bay highway with his car last month was sentenced to 10 days of county jail and two years court probation Monday, prosecutors said.Saul Garcia Montelongo, 28, of Half Moon Bay, pleaded no contest to violating a restraining order in connection with the Dec. 28 road rage incident.He was ordered to have no contact with his ex-wife.
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A 1999 slaying involving the daughter of a legendary Raiders receiver is back in court this week, two years after the case became a black eye for the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
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The Daly City woman accused of pouring a pot of boiling hot water on her sleeping ex-husband in a fit of jealous rage pleaded not guilty to the charges Monday.
Jesusa Ursonal Tadad, 39, faces torture and aggravated mayhem charges in connection to the Nov. 26 incident that critically injured her ex-husband, whom she was living with.
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Two former employees of the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District have been accused of stealing more than $635,000, according to officials.The district did not name either ex-employee, but prosecutors said one is currently in prison for two prior embezzlement convictions.
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The deranged man accused of fatally shooting 27-year-old Justin Long over a parking dispute in East Palo Alto is headed to a state mental hospital later this month.Dante Rodney Strauter, 22, was found not competent to stand trial on charges that he murdered Long in cold blood on Aug. 12, 2009.The parking dispute began when one woman refused to move her car to let another woman drive from a driveway at 2246 Ralmar Ave., according to prosecutors.
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The man who fled a fatal Pacifica car accident — returning only after his insurance company advised him to — faces up to a year in county jail when sentenced Jan. 25.
Leopoldo Tobilla, 58, of San Bruno pleaded no contest Monday to felony hit-and-run and misdemeanor reckless driving involving alcohol.
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A San Francisco mom is accused of guzzling vodka while watching "The Smurfs" at a Daly City movie theater with her 4-year-old daughter, then crashing her car three times while leaving the cinema, authorities said.
Sarah Thomison Boushey, 42, failed to appear at her scheduled arraignment Wednesday in connection with the Aug. 19 incident, which will likely lead to a warrant for her arrest, according to San Mateo County prosecutors.
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A distraught man reportedly amped up on methamphetamine was charged with attempted murder after he shot his sister in the hand Sunday while holding the rest of his family hostage at gunpoint, South City police said.
Alvin Baja Luis, 55, of South San Francisco, was arrested early Monday morning in San Francisco and is being held without bail in San Mateo County Jail, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
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A Half Moon Bay man is accused of brutally beating his 82-year-old grandmother because she was driving too slowly.
Vittorio Valdez, 27, faces elder abuse and other charges in connection with the alleged attack on his 105-pound granny, who had been giving him a ride because his license was suspended, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
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Attacking your parents is a Costley mistake.
Frederick Roy Costley Jr., 41, agreed to a plea deal Wednesday packing two years in prison in connection to a violently childish tantrum on Feb. 16.
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