HOLLYWOOD BURGLARY GANG SUSPECT FACES NEW CHARGE
A suspect linked with high profile raids on the homes of LINDSAY LOHAN RA= CHEL BILSON and ORLANDO BLOOM has been charged with receiving stolen prop= erty - after wearing a necklace allegedly belonging to the MEAN GIRLS sta= r in court.
Nineteen-year-olds Nicholas Prugo, Diana Tamayo and Courtney Leigh Ames= , and 27-year-old Roy Lopez Jr were all charged with felony burglary and = entered not guilty pleas last month (Dec09).
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has now charged Ames = with receiving stolen property, reports TMZ.com.
According to prosecutors, Ames wore a necklace allegedly belonging to L= indsay Lohan to court in November (09). A detective confiscated the jewel= lery in the courtroom.
Ames was also charged with a second count of receiving stolen property = over a leather jacket belonging to Paris Hilton, which she did not wear t= o court.
Ames’ alleged crime partner Prugo also faces seven counts of first-degr= ee burglary for break-ins at celebrity homes including those of Lohan, Bl= oom, Bilson and Hilton.
A Los Angeles judge also ruled last month (Dec09) that 18-year-old gang= suspect Alexis Neiers will stand trial for looting Bloom’s property, aft= er Prugo identified her on a security video entering the star’s Hollywood= Hills home.
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