DALY CITY, Calif. (KGO) — A judge has ordered the arrest of the man who authorities say put up a fence to block a popular path at Daly City’s Thornton State Beach.
The ABC7 Eyewitness News I-Team has learned Luke Brugnara is due in court on Wednesday for a hearing after federal prosecutors asked a judge to revoke his bond.
He faces nine felony counts of wire fraud and three counts of money laundering in a pandemic-relief fraud scheme.
The prosecutor said in court that he’s concerned Brugnara is a danger to the community, and a pretrial services official added that he believes Brugnara “may be in a downward spiral.”
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The property is owned by a number of people – many of them related – and Brugnara says he convinced one to give him their interest in the property. So it appears he has rights to a small portion of the property.
Last month, Daly City police arrested him for allegedly threatening a couple, saying “If you get near the fence I will shoot and kill you.”
Daly City Police arrested Brugnara, accusing him of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The sign has since been taken down.
Brugnara told the I-Team’s Dan Noyes earlier Wednesday that he did not know he’s due in court.
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