San Francisco authorities announce theft convictions and murder sentencing

Three men from Vallejo, California, have been convicted of multiple counts of grand theft following a series of pickpocketing incidents in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Stefan Ruset, 35, Marian Constantine, 30, and Florin Matei, 26, were found guilty of felony conspiracy and grand theft, as well as several misdemeanor counts. The crimes, which occurred between April and May 2026, involved targeting residents and visitors, including an 84-year-old woman and another victim from whom $4,000 was stolen.

In a separate legal development, Joseph Stevens, 42, has been sentenced to two consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole for a 2005 double murder. Stevens was convicted of the first-degree murders of Dernae Wysinger and two-year-old Naemon Wysinger, as well as assault with a firearm against Jamanika Rideout. The sentencing follows a legal history involving a 2018 overturned conviction and a subsequent retrial.