A Safeway stock clerk charged with selling methamphetamine in the Safeway parking lot at 525 El Camino Real has pleaded not guilty to those charges, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.
Cayetano Figueroa-Fernandez, 31, was arrested after a six-week investigation by the narcotics enforcement team of the Menlo Park police department, according to Police Sgt. Eric Cowans. Mr. Figueroa-Fernandez sold methamphetamine to undercover agents three times, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. He was arrested upon the third sale, Mr. Wagstaffe said.
A subsequent search of Mr. Figueroa-Fernandez’s home revealed 22 grams of methamphetamine, according to Mr. Wagstaffe.
Mr. Figueroa-Fernandez is out of custody on $40,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear before a judge July 27.
Possible mountain lion sightings in Woodside
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that ranch workers twice spotted an animal that may have been a mountain lion in the vicinity of 218 Family Farm Road in Woodside.The first sighting took place at about 10:30 a.m. on Thursday morning, July 9. The second occurred around the same time of day on Saturday, July 11. The animal appeared to be stalking a jackrabbit, according to the Sheriff’s Office.
The animal may be traveling though the Sausal Creek area, and routine precaution should be taken, the Sheriff’s Office said.
Top Realtors named
Five local Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage agents ranked among the top Realtors in the United States based on home sales in 2008, according to a list compiled by REAL Trends, a Denver-based publishing company.Named among the top 400 agents in the nation are Hugh Cornish and Hanna Shacham from the Menlo Park-El Camino office, Tom LeMieux and Keri Nicholas from the Menlo Park-Santa Cruz Avenue office, and Erika Demma from the Woodside office.
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