EX-CANDIDATE ABBER GUILTY OF STALKING JURY DEADLOCKS ON SECOND COUNT OF DRUG POSSESSION.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. - After deliberating less than a day, a jury convicted former Lancaster mayoral candidate David Abber on Tuesday of stalking Criminal activity consisting of the repeated following and harassing of another person. Stalking is a distinctive form of criminal activity composed of a series of actions that taken individually might constitute legal behavior. but deadlocked on a second count of possession of marijuana for sale. Abber, who acted as his own attorney, was taken into custody and was being held without bail after the verdict was read in Los Angeles County Superior Court downtown. He faces up to three years in prison when he is sentenced Oct. 18. ``I made a motion to remand To send back. A higher court may remand a case to a lower court so that the lower court will take a certain action ordered by the higher court. A prisoner who is remanded into custody is sent back to prison subsequent to a Preliminary Hearing before a tribunal or magistrate him into custody because he is a convicted felon An individual who commits a crime of a serious nature, such as Burglary or murder. A person who commits a felony. felon n. a person who has been convicted of a felony, which is a crime punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison. now,'' said Deputy District Attorney Lisa Chung, adding that she had objected when he had previously been free on his own recognizance own recognizance (O.R.) n. the basis for a judge allowing a person accused of a crime to be free while awaiting trial, without posting bail, on the defendant's own promise to appear and his/her reputation. . Jurors deadlocked 7-5 in favor of guilty on the drug count, Chung said. The 1 1/2-week trial occurred nearly two years after the stalking and drug charges were filed against Abber, who unsuccessfully ran for mayor last year and said he was planning a second run next April. Under state law, people convicted of felonies are not allowed to hold elected office. Abber, 47, had accused Chung and the investigating officer of misconduct and said they had filed ``trumped-up'' charges against him. Chung said she talked to jurors, who told her they did not believe those allegations. Chung also denied Abber's claims. ``I talked to jurors. Not a single one believed that any officer had planted the marijuana. They thought it was absurd and ridiculous,'' Chung said. As to the stalking charge, ``to them it was pretty clear on the evidence,'' Chung said of jurors' comments. After Abber was arrested Oct. 8, 1999, on the stalking charge, deputies searched his home and said they found the marijuana in plastic bags in a bedroom and on a shelf in a bookcase bookcase Piece of furniture fitted with shelves, formerly often enclosed by doors. In early times the ambry, or wall cupboard, was used to hold books. Bookcases were included in the medieval fittings of college libraries in Britain. in the living room. Deputies said they also found more than $1,100 in a manila envelope in a bedroom closet and in Abber's pants. Abber has suggested in the past that the deputies planted the drugs in his home, an allegation authorities have denied. Abber, who lost his bid to unseat Mayor Frank Roberts Frank Roberts may refer to:
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