two months for steroids

An Indian wrestler found with 40 containers of anabolic steroids at San Francisco International Airport was sentenced Wednesday to 60 days in county jail after pleading no contest to transporting a controlled substance.

Kuljeet Singh, 23, must also spend three years on supervised probation. He receives credit for 15 days in jail.

Singh was originally charged with two felonies and faced up to three years in prison if convicted. The plea bargain dismissed the other charge.

Singh was arrested by U.S. Customs agents on Valentine’s Day as he returned from a visit to India. Singh, an Indian national who resides in Northern California, had been in India competing in a wrestling tournament.

Customs agents and officers from the Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement reported finding 20 containers of anabolic steroids in his luggage.

Bail hiked for accused dog killer

The San Mateo County man accused of killing his grandmother’s elderly dog with a coat hanger and burying it in her backyard before threatening other family members had his bail hiked $250,000 yesterday.

Joshua Allen Emert, 30, pleaded not guilty to animal cruelty, assault with a deadly weapon and making criminal threats during the same hearing at which his bail was pushed to $750,000.

Emert was ordered to return to court Dec. 5 for a jury trial.

On June 14, Emert allegedly stole his sister’s car from her home in unincorporated Menlo Park. He called and threatened to kill her and her children, just as he had strangled their grandmother’s pet, Benji, with a wire coat hanger and burying it in the backyard, according to prosecutors. The next day, he reportedly went to the San Benito Avenue house, kicked in the door and beat a male friend in the face with a large rock before fleeing. Sheriff’s deputies arrested Emert on Middlefield Road.

He remains in custody.