Closing arguments began today in the San Mateo County Superior Court trial of Alexander Youshock, who is accused of bringing 10 homemade pipe bombs, a sword and a chainsaw to Hillsdale High School as part of a plan to kill three of his former teachers on Aug 24, 2009.
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Hillsdale High School bombing suspect Alexander Youshock said he never thought twice about carrying out his plan to kill three of his former teachers at the school. Youshock, 18, testified in his own defense Monday afternoon in San Mateo County Superior Court, where he is charged with two counts of attempted murder and other charges stemming from the attack at Hillsdale High School on the morning of Aug. 24, 2009.
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Five days a week, Clinton Nelson — as carefully as he can — prepares dessert plates amid the stress and fast pace of a restaurant kitchen. And then, every day after his shift as a line cook ends, the self-supporting 22-year-old makes the short drive to San Mateo’s B Street Boxing gym.Though the kitchen and the boxing ring are different worlds, Nelson is equally passionate about both.
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Two San Mateo men suspected of attacking a victim with pipes and bats earlier this month were arrested Wednesday, officials said.Kenneth Estrada Salazar, 18, and Fredy Jose Hernandez, 20, were arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon at about 5 p.m. Wednesday during a traffic stop in San Mateo, police said.
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A Craigslist con who duped 33 people into buying fake airline tickets may soon learn how much he’ll have to pay back to his victims. In October, Pascal Christian Chaubard, 48, of San Bruno, was sentenced to four years in state prison after pleading no contest to the scam.
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The mother of Hillsdale High School bombing suspect Alexander Youshock said she tried nearly a dozen times to get her son psychological help in the years and months leading up the attack on the campus, but that he refused.
Carol Youshock, 51, took the witness stand for the defense Thursday morning in San Mateo County Superior Court.
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When detectives asked Hillsdale High School pipe bomb suspect Alexander Youshock what would have happened if his campus attack had been executed as allegedly planned, he replied, "I'd be dead."
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The trial of Alexander Youshock, the 18-year-old charged with entering San Mateo’s Hillsdale High School armed with pipe bombs, a chain saw and a sword, will continue this week in Redwood City. Youshock, who allegedly planned to kill school staff and students, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. Prosecutors expect to complete their case Tuesday.
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A San Mateo teenager accused of bringing 10 bombs and other weapons onto campus at Hillsdale High School on Aug. 24, 2009 was fairly competent at manufacturing pipe bombs, according to an explosives expert.Special Agent Brian Hester, of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, testified today for the prosecution in the San Mateo Superior Court trial of Alexander Youshock.
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A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on northbound U.S. Highway 101 in San Mateo early Thursday morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said. The motorcyclist was involved in the second of two collisions that occurred within minutes of each other just south of Dore Avenue, CHP Officer Curtis Glace said.
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