Max Wade, convicted of attempted murder as a teenager, is granted parole

Max Wade, the notorious former Tiburon resident who stole Guy Fieri’s Lamborghini and tried to murder a teen rival, has been granted parole by the state Board of Parole Hearings.

The decision, made July 11, is subject to review by the board’s legal division and by Gov. Gavin Newsom, which can take up to three months.

In 2014, Wade was sentenced to 21 years to life in prison for a high-profile crime spree two years earlier, at age 17, that earned him national media coverage and a catchy rap song. Wade had rappelled from the ceiling of an exotic-car dealership for the “Mission: Impossible”-style theft of the $200,000 vehicle — which he joyrode through Tiburon and planned to sell to a cartel-connected buyer in the Dominican Republic to further fund his six-figure fake ID operation — and a year later fired five shots into the parked pickup of 18-year-old Landon Wahlstrom, who was inside with Wade’s love interest, 17-year-old Eva Dedier.

Wade’s sentence was reduced by 10 years in 2021 after a review of the case when a new law gave judges sentencing discretion for gun enhancements rather than required extra time. That moved up his parole eligibility by about seven years.

Now 29, Wade reportedly told the parole board he had an “addiction to criminality,” owning firearms, a police uniform and radio jammers in his Richmond storage unit where he was hiding the Lamborghini and tracked down by police, while he had plans to rob a San Francisco jewelry store and escape by helicopter.

Wade admitted to the board that he attempted to kill Wahlstrom, breaking from his courtroom defense that he hadn’t — but that it was over an online argument and not out of jealousy.

However, he said he changed in prison after the death of a friend, has earned a GED, is studying computer science and hopes to work in cybersecurity.

The Marin District Attorney’s Office objected to the parole decision, calling Wade “a wolf in sheep’s clothing” and saying the office is reviewing potential next steps.

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