Repeat Offender Convicted in San Mateo Residential Burglary and Theft with Deadly Weapon

It was determined that Maurice Hastings had committed both felony residential burglary with a deadly weapon and theft. The 67-year-old, who was on parole, was found guilty by a jury after committing the crimes at the same apartment twice before being apprehended by the San Mateo Police the second time, according to a social media post from the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.

A jury found 67-year-old Maurice Hastings guilty of felony residential burglary with a dangerous weapon and theft. Hastings, who was on parole last year, broke into the same apartment twice with a knife but was unable to elude responding San Mateo Police Department officers on the second occasion.zSpgkAucQC pic.twitter.com/

A $450 mountain bike was taken from the back patio of an apartment in the Darcy building on March 25 by Hastings, who had previously followed a renter through the security gate, according to a San Mateo Daily Journal report. At 3:38 a.m. on May 24, Hastings broke into the flat once more by scaling a window, approaching the victim who was sleeping, and using a knife to switch on the light.

Officers discovered Hastings with a folding knife in his pocket close to the apartment complex before he fled the scene and threatened the victim with the weapon. Using the phrase “third strike” to highlight the seriousness of Hastings’ illegal behavior while out on bond for another felony, district attorney Steve Wagstaffe presented the case.

The trial had been scheduled for October 27 but was threatened with a severe punishment of 50 years to life because Hastings was accused of two counts of felony burglary and an enhancement for committing these crimes while free on bail.

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