Tuesday, September 27, 2011

The Bling ring member pleads no contest in celebrity burglary

The Bling ring member pleads no contest in celebrity burglary: A member of the "ring bling" accused of breaking into the homes of celebrities and hanging out with $ 3 million in jewelry, watches and art has not discussed on Friday to steal the house Audrina Patridge reality star is. Rachel Lee, 21, pleaded no contest to one count of first-degree robbery in the room before Judge Larry Paul Fidler and should be sentenced to four years in prison as part of plea negotiations, prosecutors said. Prosecutors agreed to drop a felony count of conspiracy to commit burglary and two counts of receiving stolen property. Items belonging to Lindsay Lohan and Orlando Bloom were recovered from Lee's family home in Las Vegas. Four members of the alleged burglary ring are still awaiting trial. Lee has been described as the second in command of the crew. The ring is accused of stealing more than $3 million in jewelry, designer clothes and accessories from the homes of Bloom, Lohan, Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson, Brian Austin-Green and Megan Fox, Ashley Tisdale and Patridge between September 2008 and August 2009, police say. Hilton, Lohan and Bloom all testified before a Los Angeles County Grand Jury in the case against five reputed members of the "bling ring," who authorities say repeatedly broke into the stars' Hollywood, Hills homes Home Bilson broke three times and twice Hilton. The other four defendants Prugo Nicholas, 20; Diana Tamayo, 21, Courtney Leigh Ames, 20, and Roy Lopez Jr., 29 years - back in court November 18 motion and trial. All have pleaded not guilty to the charges. Alexis Neiers, an 18 year old glory following a Calabasas cable television program actually has already been declared a no contest in theft crime Bloom's house and serves 180 days in jail, County of Los Angeles, records court. Convicted drug dealer Jonathan Ajar, who allegedly helped sell the stolen items, pleaded no contest in March to several felonies, court records show. The ring was largely composed of young women who attended a continuation high school in Agoura Hills and had a taste for the luxury goods and accessories worn by young celebrities. The suspects were arrested after apparently neglected. According to detectives from the LAPD, Lee and Prugo were captured on surveillance video breaking into homes and heard Patridge Lohan and then "show off" at a party who had committed theft. Detectives arrested Prugo, which involved six others.

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