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  • Hayashi escapes felony charge but political career on ropes

    01/10/2012 6:10:26 PM PST · by SmithL · 5 replies · 1+ views
    Oakland Tribune ^ | 1/10/12 | Tammerlin Drummond, Oakland Tribune Columnist
    The good news for Assemblywoman Mary Hayashi is she won't face felony charges for shoplifting a pair of leather pants and other clothing from Neiman Marcus.The bad news is a San Francisco judge did not buy the Hayward Democrat's excuse that she had accidentally stuffed $2,445 worth of clothes into a shopping back and waltzed out of the Union Square store without paying because she'd been distracted by her cell phone.Last Friday, Hayashi pleaded no contest to misdemeanor grand theft. She was sentenced to three years probation, fined $180 and ordered to stay at least 50 feet away from Neiman...