The People v. Peddell CA2/8

BACKGROUND

1. The Criminal Threat Conviction (Count 2) Defendant leased a suite at a business park in Signal Hill managed by PS Business Parks (company). On July 7, 2011, Mark Antrobius, the company’s senior director of leasing, went to that location in response to a call that someone was towing cars off the property and in so doing was hitting other cars in the park. Upon his arrival, he saw

Allegations defendant had suffered a prior serious felony conviction (Pen. Code § 667, subd. (a)) which qualified as a strike under the “Three Strikes” law (§§ 667, subds. (b)-(i), 1170.12, subds. (a)-(d)) were stricken for lack of evidence.

2 defendant, who was sweating profusely and appeared “scruffy,” standing next to two police officers. Defendant told him about a dispute over parking spaces and his intent to park some car trailers in front of his suite. Their “face-to-face” conversation, which lasted about 10 minutes, escalated into an argument. Mr. Antrobius told defendant that trailers were not permitted, but defendant insisted he would park his there. On July 8, 2011, about 9:30 a.m., at the company’s office, Cynthia Vargas (also known as Cynthia Pearce), an…