East San Mateo man pleads no contest to attempted kidnapping
A -year-old East San Mateo man pleaded no contest to two counts of attempted kidnapping after he tried to abduct multiple women in separate incidents according to the San Mateo County District Attorney s Office Royhil Kumar Lakhan who claimed that he was pranking the women he attacked entered the plea May Prosecutors announced he pulled what appeared to be a gun on three women over a month last fall across San Mateo County demanding they come with him perform sex acts or hand over their belongings Lakhan was initially also charged with a third felony attempted kidnapping count two felony counts of attempted kidnapping to commit another crime one felony count of assault with the intent to commit a felony and one misdemeanor count of cruelty to a child by inflicting injury according to court records San Mateo County District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe did not straightaway respond to a request for comment Mara Feiger Lakhan s defense attorney declined to comment Monday On Oct around a m prosecutors disclosed Lakhan pulled his car up in front of a house on Idaho Street in San Mateo where a -year-old woman was in front of the house with her -year-old child Lakhan wearing a ski mask over his face exited his car with a handgun Lakhan grabbed the woman s arm and repeatedly demanded in Spanish that she come with him prosecutors explained When the woman resisted and screamed no Lakhan fled The second episode occurred Oct around a m when Lakhan driving his SUV cut off a -year-old woman who was on a run on Woodstock Road in Hillsborough prosecutors announced Lakhan had what appeared to be a handgun and the victim inferred that he gestured for her to drop her phone or bag The woman ran away from Lakhan prosecutors reported He was then arrested and investigators discovered that his handgun was a replica It was not directly clear Monday if Lakhan was cited and issued or made bail after that arrest Related Articles Former top sheriff s aide seeks million from San Mateo County over firing Search for missing -year-old Peninsula hiker is scaled back Procedures for Sheriff Corpus removal approved with various amendments San Mateo County supervisors to vote on rules for removing sheriff Searchers hope cameras will help find elderly hiker in Peninsula hills Around p m on Nov Lakhan pulled his car up next to a pregnant woman who had been walking on Burlingame Avenue prosecutors reported He flashed a black handgun at the woman and demanded that she get into his car to perform a sex act on him When the woman began to scream Lakhan drove away prosecutors declared A witness of the affair took down Lakhan s license plate number Lakhan remains in custody at Maguire Correctional Facility according to the San Mateo County Inmate Locator He will next appear in court on July for his probation assessment and sentencing according to court records
