San Mateo man sentenced to at least one 12 months in jail for kicking down door, trying to stab man

A San Mateo man was sentenced to at least one 12 months in county jail and three years probation Wednesday for breaking down the door of a home and trying to stab its occupant, in accordance with the San Mateo County District Lawyer’s Workplace.

Juan Galicia Lopez, 21, pleaded no contest final month to felony residential housebreaking with an enhancement to be used of a harmful weapon, in accordance with the DA’s workplace. He additionally admitted to allegations of a severe and violent felony, all in trade for a prime sentence of two years in state jail.

The district lawyer’s workplace had sought a prime sentence of three years in state jail, prosecutors mentioned.

San Mateo County Superior Courtroom Choose Kevin Dunleavy selected the sentence as a result of “huge role” alcohol performed within the case and since the sufferer within the case didn’t present a sufferer impression assertion to the probation officer, prosecutors mentioned. Prosecutors objected to his ruling and requested for a sentence that included state jail.

Galicia Lopez was additionally ordered to abstain from alcohol and medicines, pay $370 in fines and costs and pay restitution in an quantity to be decided sooner or later, prosecutors added. He should stay away from the sufferer’s residence and don’t have any contact with the sufferer, and he can’t possess harmful weapons or ammunition.

San Mateo County District Lawyer Stephen Wagstaffe and Charles J. Smith IV, Galicia Lopez’s protection lawyer, didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark.

A 55-year-old man and his spouse had been of their dwelling round 11:20 p.m. on Could 17 when he heard an individual trying to open his entrance door, prosecutors mentioned. When the person appeared out a window, he noticed three males brandishing knives, together with Galicia Lopez, who was shouting that he was going to kill him.

Galicia Lopez broke down the entrance door of the residence whereas the opposite two males remained exterior, prosecutors mentioned. Galicia Lopez then tried to stab the person, reducing his hand because the sufferer blocked the knife.

The person wrestled Galicia Lopez to the bottom, the place he was capable of restrain him till the arrival of police. Galicia Lopez claimed that he had had “problems with the victim in the past,” proseuctors added.

The incident befell at a house on the 100 block of Hillsdale Boulevard in San Mateo, prosecutors mentioned.

Initially Revealed: September 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM PDT