Mayor Charged With Stealing UC Newspapers
From Staff and Wire Reports
Mayor Tom Bates has been charged with stealing copies of the UC Berkeley newspaper a day before he was elected, prosecutors said.
A former assemblyman, Bates is expected to appear in court Jan. 8 and plead guilty, said Malcolm Burnstein, who is representing him.
UC Berkeley police said witnesses had seen Bates remove the papers and throw them into a trash can on Nov. 4.
The paper was running an endorsement of Bates’ opponent that day.
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