San Jose: Man convicted of misdemeanors in fight with mayor’s bodyguard

SAN JOSE — A man charged with attacking a San Jose police officer assigned to protect Mayor Matt Mahan, in the middle of a TV interview downtown in April, pleaded to several misdemeanors and was sentenced to court-ordered mental health treatment, following a judge’s ruling Wednesday.

Wesley David Pollard, 35, of San Jose, appeared in a San Jose courtroom and pleaded no contest to four charges in accordance with a sentencing offer from Judge Deborah Ryan that reduced the first and most severe charge...