Bay Area city manager charged for allegedly breaking into 66ft yacht while drinking | California
A Bay Area city manager faces misdemeanor charges for allegedly breaking into a 66-foot yacht while intoxicated and trying to steal it.
Elaine Forbes, Sausalito’s city manager, was arrested the morning of July 18 after police received a call about a noise disturbance. Police said Forbes “apparently entered” a three-story yacht where he consumed alcohol.
Forbes, who was previously the director of the Port of San Francisco, was seen causing chaos on the yacht. The boat’s owner, Andy Cunningham, told ABC7 he found a bottle of maraschino cherries and four empty bottles of wine thrown into a shoebox.
“The horn was honking, the windshield wipers were on, the spotlights were on,” said Capt. Bill Aubrey of Forbes, who called 911. he told ABC7. Forbes was living on a houseboat near the marina where he was arrested, ABC7 reported.
Police initially Fee received from Forbes He was charged with felony theft and his bail was set at $50,000. But prosecutors have since reduced those charges to misdemeanor charges of loitering, trespassing and petty theft, according to Marin County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Sergeant Adam Schermerhorn.
He said yacht theft is not common in Marin County.
The Sausalito city council placed Forbes on leave during a closed meeting last week. According to NBC News. The city council is evaluating her job performance at its meeting today. He was appointed to this position three weeks ago.
“As the facts become clear and Elaine receives legal and health advice in the coming hours and days, we hope people will respond to her and her family with compassion, patience, and respect during this extraordinarily difficult time,” spokesman Sam Singer said. widely circulated statement Published on behalf of the Forbes family.
