A man with one of the longest criminal records the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office has ever encountered changed his plea to not guilty after he was caught with numerous baggies of methamphetamine hidden in two pairs of underwear he wore into county jail.
Bobby William Wilcox, a 52-year-old Redwood City resident also known as Bobby Chung, has decided to face a jury despite pleading no contest April 29 to charges he smuggled nine bags of drugs in a pair of men’s underwear and girl’s panties, according to prosecutors.
Wilcox, who has 53 prior convictions, was stopped by a sheriff’s deputy who recognized him in San Bruno Jan. 17. Wilcox, who was on probation and open to search and seizure, had two warrants for his arrest, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
The deputy took Wilcox to jail and, as part of the normal booking process, was searched. Wilcox was allegedly wearing two pairs of underwear, a man’s pair that contained two baggies of methamphetamine and a pair of little girl’s panties that had seven baggies of methamphetamine, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Wilcox said the drugs weren’t his, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Wilcox’s 33-year criminal history includes 29 felonies and he has been to state prison eight times — one of the longest record District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said he’s ever encountered.
Wilcox originally pleaded nolo contendere and was set for imposition of sentence Friday in front of San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Joseph Bergeron, who originally promised no prison time in exchange for the plea. Instead, Wilcox decided he wanted to go to a jury trial and prove his innocence, according to Wagstaffe.
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