BAY POINT — A 40-year-old Pittsburg man has been charged with stealing a wheelchair from a man with only one leg, after the victim awoke from a nap to discover a burglary in his home.

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The defendant was charged on Sept. 24 with burglary, dependent abuse, criminal threats and robbery, all felonies, as well as misdemeanor battery and drug possession counts, court records show. He remains in jail with bail set at $1.34 million, and a court date set for Oct. 2, court records show.

The charges stem from an Aug. 29 incident on the 1000 block of Clearland Drive in Bay Point. The victim, a 66-year-old man with an amputated leg, woke up from a nap, heard someone rummaging through his stuff and yelled out. The 40-year-old man allegedly responded by hitting the resident in the face

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