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Prosecutors hoped to log more charges against a Belmont man arrested for running a drug house but can't identify people reportedly videotaped buying drugs from him.
Randolph Abaya, 43, was arrested after an associate identified him as a supplier. Abaya faces trial on charges of maintaining a drug house and possessing pounds of methamphetamine and marijuana for sale. Authorities just found more methamphetamine in an associate's home safe that can be linked to Abaya, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
"That brings the total of meth we've seized up to six pounds," Wagstaffe.
Authorities seized Abaya's bank accounts, totaling $270,000, and the home security surveillance tapes. If convicted, Abaya forfeits all of the seized assets, including his home.
Abaya faced even more charges after surveillance tapes found at his Prindle Road home showed him making numerous other drug sales. However, those charges won't be filed because authorities can't pinpoint who the buyers are, Wagstaffe said.
Abaya has pleaded not guilty to the charges which carry a sentence of approximately 10 years in prison.
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Abaya was arrested Nov. 11 after he was fingered as a drug supplier by a Foster City man stopped by police for driving a stolen vehicle in Solano County. The driver, Juan Antunez, was arrested on an outstanding $1.2 million arrest warrant for child endangerment and manufacturing a controlled substance. More than a half pound of crystal methamphetamine was also found in the car, according to a Solano County sheriff's report.
Police interviewed Antunez which led them to obtain a search warrant for Abaya's home in the 2600 block of Prindle Road in Belmont. During that search, detectives seized 2.6 pounds of crystal methamphetamine, .75 pounds of marijuana and assets totaling more than $34,000.
Abaya was scheduled to begin a jury trial in two weeks but the date was pushed back until Feb. 3 after he retained a new attorney.
Abaya remains in custody in lieu of $1.3 million bail.
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