Sausalito city manager charged with prowling, theft after arrest on stranger's yacht
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Set us as preferred Sausalito’s recently hired city manager has been charged with four misdemeanors after she was found lurking inside a yacht that didn’t belong to her in a bizarre incident that has generated widespread intrigue in the wealthy coastal city.Elaine Forbes, 53, was charged Tuesday with one count of prowling on private property, two counts of lodging without an owner’s consent and one count of petty theft, according to Marin County Superior Court records.
Forbes began her position running the city this month, was placed on a leave of absence during Thursday’s City Council meeting and arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning at the Sausalito Yacht Harbor, according to jail records.She made an initial court appearance Tuesday, when her arraignment was pushed to Wednesday at the request of her attorney.The public official is accused of lodging without permission on two docked yachts that did not belong to her.A spokesperson for her family said that Forbes was experiencing a mental health crisis and asked that no one rush to judgment.“As the facts become clearer and Elaine obtains legal and healthcare counsel in the coming hours and days, we hope people will respond with compassion, patience and respect for her and her family during an extraordinarily difficult time,” the spokesperson said in a statement Sunday.Deputies with the Marin County Sheriff’s Office found Forbes inside a 66-foot, three-story yacht that did not belong to her, along with multiple empty alcohol bottles, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
She allegedly appeared to be using the controls as if she was trying to steal the boat.Sausalito City Council met in closed session Tuesday evening to discuss Forbes but made no decisions regarding her employment.She remains on a leave of absence while the council evaluates all of ...