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A homeless man was arrested after using stolen credit cards to buy a meal and then spent six months in a Bay Area jail. His ...
SAN MATEO, Calif.SAN MATEO, Calif. — By most metrics, Gerald Kowalczyk was a uniquely bad candidate to leave jail before his trial. He had a criminal record of more than 60 convictions, a history of ...
A San Mateo County Superior Court judge set his bail at $75,000, an amount Kowalczyk, homeless and unemployed, could not pay. The charges were that he used someone else's credit card to buy a $7 ...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - By most metrics, Gerald Kowalczyk was a uniquely bad candidate to leave jail before his trial. He had a criminal record of more than 60 convictions, a history of failing to ...
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