GUILTY: Man Convicted in Deadly Peninsula Stabbing Over $10

REDWOOD CITY, CA –A Turlock man who moved to Belmont early last year was found guilty of murder on Tuesday for killing his new friend in a dispute over $10, prosecutors said.

After about a day of deliberations, a jury found Timothy Guerra, 20, guilty of second-degree murder for the fatal stabbing of 19-year-old Denis Meshchyshyn at the Wendy's restaurant at 698 Ralston Ave. in Belmont at about 7:30 p.m. on April 25, 2015, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office.

Guerra had moved to Belmont a month earlier and became friends with Meshchyshyn through mutual acquaintances. Guerra became angry when he gave Meshchyshyn $10 for a ride the following day but Meshchyshyn never followed through, prosecutors said.

He found out that Meshchyshyn was meeting with friends in the parking lot behind the Wendy's and went there. He stabbed Meshchyshyn multiple times in the abdomen and back.

Meshchyshyn was taken to Stanford Hospital but later died. Guerra fled back to Turlock, but was arrested there a few days later on April 29.

He faces between 15 and 16 years in prison when he's sentenced later this year, prosecutors said. He is due back in court on Sept. 16 when Judge Leland Davis will consider whether to allow him a new trial.

– By Bay City News Service.