Berkeley, California really is a different world. Some of the things that happen in Berkeley will never make sense to me. For instance, last month a Berkeley educated engineer (he received three degrees from the school) was sentenced to probation for an attempted murder scheme that nearly worked. Despite being caught red-handed, David Xu spent a total of 10 days in jail while his victim has suffered years of health consequences.
Xu worked as the chief metallurgist for a company called Berkeley Engineering and Research (BEAR). Some form of professional jealousy apparently drove him to attempt to poison one of his colleagues, a woman named Rong Yuan. Xu was arrested back in 2019.
An engineer in California has been arrested on suspicion of trying to kill a co-worker by poisoning her for more than a year.
Berkeley police arrested David Xu, 34, last week on charges of premeditated…
