Woman arrested at Meta headquarters after demanding to speak with Zuckerberg

A San Francisco woman was arrested early Jan. 5 after arriving by taxi at Meta’s headquarters in Menlo Park, demanding to speak with CEO Mark Zuckerberg. She refused repeated orders from security and police to leave, prosecutors said.

The woman, identified by police as 50-year-old Taina Felix, remained on the property despite being told by Meta security that Zuckerberg wasn’t available, authorities said. After Meta security called the Menlo Park Police Department at 1:33 a.m., officers also asked her several times to leave. 

When she refused, she was arrested and booked into county jail with one charge of misdemeanor trespassing. 

“It’s odd for a misdemeanor trespassing suspect to go to jail, but I guess she likely refused to sign the trespass notice,” District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. The Menlo Park police report did not say why officers decided to arrest her or why she was so determined to meet Zuckerberg. 

San Mateo County Court Commissioner Cristina Mazzei released Felix on her own recognizance later that day and denied the San Mateo District Attorney’s Office request that Felix be ordered to stay away from Meta Headquarters.

“On what possible basis would that be denied? I’ve never seen that before. I am not sure what Commissioner Mazzei was thinking of,” Wagstaffe said. 

It was not Felix’s first time being arrested for trespassing in San Mateo County. On Dec. 8, 2015, Felix was arrested for trespassing at the San Francisco International Airport and giving false information to a police officer. 

According to Wagstaffe, Felix snuck into a secure area of the United Airlines terminal. When security was alerted, she claimed she was a United employee but refused to provide any identification. 

When police arrived, Felix allegedly gave them a false identification and was arrested.

She was sentenced to one year unsupervised probation on June 15, 2016, as part of a plea agreement. 

Wagstaffe said Felix appeared to not have any other criminal activity in California since then. Felix has a hearing on the 2026 case scheduled for April 6. 

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