The San Francisco Chronicle and others have reported that a teenager that began a crime spree with a daring theft of a Lamborghini, ended with charges for both the burglary and attempted
murder of a woman that spurned his advances.
After a judge denied moving the burglary charge to juvenile court, M.W., 17, pleaded not guilty to both charges. M.W. allegedly tired to shoot a young woman and her new beau after stealing the $200,000 Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder from a dealership on Van Ness Avenue. Both crimes occurred just over a year apart.
M.W. is represented by attorney Charles Dresow.
Judge Paul Haakenson denied Dresow's argument to separate the cases as, the judge determined, M.W. had stolen the car to woo the woman. M.W. later tried to kill the woman, 17, and her current boyfriend, L.W., 18, when she rejected M.W.'s advances.
Haakenson said, "He had substantial contact with the victim of that attempted murder. He was allegedly shunned by this young woman notwithstanding his efforts to impress her."
Prosecutors alleged that M.W. drove the young woman around in the stolen car, and offered to let her drive it.
Following the shooting the girl filed a restraining order against M.W.
M.W. is facing seven felony counts in all: Two counts of attempted murder, shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, burglary, auto theft and receiving stolen property. He is currently held on a bail amount of $2 million.
The car theft occurred on March 8, 2011. M.W. allegedly rappelled from the roof of the dealership and cut the locks from the showroom door. The car he stole had belonged to celebrity chef Guy Fieri.
After the April 13, 2012 shooting, detectives viewed a surveillance video and were able to connect the two crimes together. Detectives then located the stolen vehicle inside a Richmond storage locker owned by M.W.
In the shooting, M.W. allegedly fired five shots at the young couple as they were exiting L.W.'s home in Mill Valley. The bullets missed their mark and the two sustained injuries from flying glass.
L.W.'s uncle said that M.W. had threatened his nephew in the past. When L.W. refused to stop seeing M.W.'s love interest, M.W. purposely ambushed the couple.
Two weeks after the shooting, and allegedly unaware that the girl knew he had pulled the trigger, he texted her to offer her a ride in his "Lambo."
Along with the weapon used in the shooting, detectives also found an AK-47, a cache of electronic jamming gadgetry, a San Francisco police uniform, masks and police scanner codes in M.W.'s storage unit.
Sheriffs are continuing an investigation that includes ballistic results from the weapons, forensic analysis of computers in M.W.'s father's home and analyzing the list of equipment recovered from M.W.'s storage unit.
Sgt. Mark Hale, with the Marin County Sheriff's Department said, "We're still looking into all that, but nothing is substantiated at this point."
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