A young man convicted of stealing celebrity chef Guy Fieri’s $200,000 Lamborghini and then shooting into an occupied vehicle has been paroled after serving about 11 years.
At 17, Max Wade stole Fieri’s Lamborghini to impress a girl, and a few months later he tried to shoot a man he was dating the same girl, crimes that led to his death in 2013 was sentenced to 21 years to life in prison.
Wade, 29, was convicted of commercial theft and auto theft 11 years ago when he jumped from an elevated window into the British Motor Company in San Francisco, where Ferry’s Lamborghini was being repaired. According to SFGate, Wade did not know the car belonged to Fieri at the time of the 2011 robbery.
Wade was also convicted of attempted murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle in Mill Valley after opening fire on a pickup truck carrying a girl he had a crush on and her date. Wade was riding his motorcycle when the incident occurred, and the San Francisco Standard reported that he was unaware the girl was on the vehicle. Neither man was injured.
The state parole board is awaiting a 120-day review period to decide whether to grant Wade parole.
After the shooting, authorities found the stolen Lamborghini at a Richmond storage facility rented by Wade, along with a motorcycle and revolver used in the shooting, according to the Mercury News.
At trial, Ferry testified that he did not know the teen and did not give him permission to take the car away from the San Francisco dealership.
According to the Standard, at a parole hearing in July, Wade said he did not try to kill the man in the pickup truck out of jealousy, but because of an online conflict between the two weeks earlier. .
According to the Mercury News, in 2021, a judge reduced Wade’s sentence by 10 years after his lawyers asked the judge to reconsider his sentence on Wade’s gun charges.
The New York State Parole Board did not immediately respond to a request from The New York Times for a statement on its decision to grant Wade parole.
During the parole hearing, Parole Commissioner William Nitz said Wade “avoided any serious violations in prison.” One clinician also said Wade’s risk was “moderate to low” based on the criteria.
The Times reached out to Wade’s attorney, Tracy Lum, for comment but had not received a response as of press time.
According to SFGate, Wade’s criminal record includes making and selling fake ID cards when he was 14 years old.
