Man tracked to South Lake Tahoe after robbery pleads no contest

Matthew Muller, the man who was tracked to South Lake Tahoe after a home invasion robbery in Dublin, plead no contest to the crime this week in Alameda County Court.

Muller was also charged in a bizarre Vallejo kidnapping case in March pleaded no contest today to a June attempted home invasion robbery in Dublin, prosecutors said. Muller, 38, an ex-Marine and Harvard graduate, pleaded no contest to two counts of attempted robbery, burglary and assault with a deadly weapon today, Alameda County district attorney’s spokeswoman Teresa Drenick said.

He would be taken into custody by federal authorities later today to face charges in the Vallejo kidnapping case but will return to state court on Nov. 13 for sentencing, where he faces up to 11 years in prison, Drenick said. Vallejo police had called the kidnapping a hoax but Muller was implicated by evidence that surfaced during the investigation into the attempted robbery in Dublin.

During the June 5 attempted robbery, a Dublin couple woke up at about 3:30 a.m. to find a masked man standing in their bedroom. He told them to turn away from him and lie face down on their bed and put their hands behind their back, according to court filings by Dublin police.

He told them repeatedly that their daughter was safe and said he would tie the two victims’ hands behind their backs. But one of the victims tackled him to the ground, partially removing his mask.

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