Two repairmen accused of stealing more than $40,000 from ticket vending machines at Caltrain stations pleaded not guilty to the allegations in a Redwood City courtroom Wednesday afternoon.Orvilla Taylor, 59, and Herbert David Todd, 52, face a dozen felony charges in connection with the massive theft from Caltrain, which recently raised ticket prices by a quarter to deal with a $30 million budget deficit.
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The Ukrainian “doctor” who advised one of his Belmont patients to eat a watermelon in a hot tub to heal her kidneys was sentenced to 30 days in county jail for practicing medicine without a California license.Eugene Vasin, 54, pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charges Friday.
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A 19-year-old San Mateo man accused of kicking off a crime spree on his birthday, including trying to impersonate a traffic cop in order to pull over drivers, has posted bail and is out of custody.Allen Grabovetsky faces a slew of charges following a strange series of run-ins with police in December.
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A woman may face charges for allegedly fooling emergency officials into believing her husband and child were trapped in a car that was driven into a San Mateo lagoon on Saturday.
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A drugged-up raver who offered an undercover cop a bum deal on ecstasy pills — $10 each, or $20 for two — will spend 90 days in county jail for that offer.The 22-year-old man was found guilty Wednesday on drugs sales and transportation charges as part of the San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force operation.
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A Brisbane bookkeeper charged with swindling a widowed soldier serving in Iraq will face a jury after a judge on Thursday denied a defense motion to dismiss the case.
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A San Francisco man wanted in a jealous rage stabbing in South San Francisco was found by police hiding in the victim’s bathtub covered in towels, prosecutors say.Jairo Ramos, 40, was arrested Sunday on charges that he stabbed a man once in the back and several times on the hand because he thought the victim was sleeping with his wife, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said.
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An East Palo Alto man enraged that his daughter didn’t want to attend college allegedly stabbed a relative with a butcher knife after he was asked to calm down, prosecutors said.Panapasa Vatu, 52, was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on one count of assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the bloody kitchen spat on May 17.
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A Menlo Park man allegedly beat his 15-year-old daughter and forced her to walk around his home pantless, prosecutors said.Rasheed Brooks, 36, is set to appear at a pretrial conference in San Mateo County on Monday on charges that include felony child abuse.
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The crime was so heinous, the 17-year-old accused of a shooting that killed a 3-month-old infant will be charged as an adult, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
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