OAKLAND, Calif. — An indigent man was arrested in Alameda County Superior Court on Tuesday after arriving late for his preliminary hearing, despite Deputy Public Defender James Rodriguez emphasizing his poor living conditions, financial instability and claim that he had walked more than eight miles from San Leandro to attend court.
Judge Thomas Reardon ordered the accused remanded, despite the accused’s testimony that he walked from San Leandro to the Rene C. Davidson Courthouse that morning to attend his preliminary hearing.
A chain of indictments initially filed July 3, 2024, alleges the felony offenses of resisting an executive officer using force, violence or threats and reckless evading of a peace officer. In addition, the accused was charged with a misdemeanor offense of hit-and-run involving property damage, along with several imposed enhancements…