Man Pleads No Contest to Stealing from Senior Citizens

By Bay City News Service, image via Shutterstock

A maintenance worker at a San Mateo senior center pleaded no contest Monday to stealing from residents over two months in 2014, prosecutors said.

Eric Gamboa, 37, entered the plea to six counts of residential burglary on the condition of a maximum of four years in prison, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 19.

San Mateo police arrested Gamboa on Oct. 21 on suspicion of using his work keys to enter condos in the Versailles Senior Center at 10 Crystal Springs Road and stealing cash and jewelry over the prior two months.

He was caught in the act by a manager who noticed a key missing. Investigators found missing property on Gamboa and in his car, prosecutors said. He was connected to six separate burglaries at the luxury senior residence. Gamboa’s defense attorney, Monica Toole, was not immediately available for comment on the case this morning.