Crime & Safety
Armed Elderly Man Tied To $700 Wine Theft In SSF: Prosecutors
Prosecutors say the man helped another steal nearly $700 worth of wine from a Peninsula Safeway store.
A 71-year-old man accused of helping another suspect steal nearly $700 worth of wine from a Safeway store in South San Francisco on Monday night pleaded not guilty in San Mateo County Superior Court on Wednesday, according to prosecutors.
Kenneth Mask and his accomplice allegedly entered the grocery store in the 2000 block of Gellert Boulevard around 10:30 p.m. and looked around. Mask went back outside while his accomplice, whose name was not immediately available, took $692.29 worth of wine and left the store without paying for it, prosecutors said.
They were followed out to the parking lot, where Mask allegedly handed a gun to his accomplice, who brandished it at the employee.
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Mask returns to court on July 12 for a preliminary hearing. He remains in custody on $90,000 bail.
– By Bay City News Service / Patch file photo by Renee Schiavone
