Caltrain secret homes case: Ex-employee, contractor waive preliminary hearing, head toward trial

The defendants are charged with misusing public funds to build clandestine living quarters inside Peninsula train stations.

Passengers wait at the Burlingame Train Station in Burlingame, Calif., Friday, March 29, 2024. A former deputy director for Caltrain, is accused of conspiring with a contractor to illegally remodel office space into small apartments inside two Peninsula train stations, one being in the historic Burlingame station.

Andrew Vandeveld, an attorney representing Navarro, told this news organization that waiving the hearing “was a strategic decision as we move toward trial.” Prosecutors allege Navarro and Worden ensured that no invoice related to the clandestine construction surpassed $3,000, a spending threshold that would have required further authorization from Caltrain and TransAmerica Services Inc., the firm that employed Worden.

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