Posted on 08/13/2008 11:38:57 PM PDT by at bay
LOS ANGELES - A confessed burglar described by police as one of the most prolific thieves in Los Angeles history was resentenced Tuesday to 7 1/2 years in prison.
In an effort to win the slightly reduced sentence, Ignacio DelRio, also known as Ricardo Caveda, also drew a map that led police to some $400,000..
"He confessed to 1,000 burglaries, and I have been able to find 180 victims so far," police Detective Robert Longacre said after the sentencing.
Longacre declined to name any of the victims but said they included well-known people in the movie industry and at least one high-ranking corporate leader.
When he was arrested in early 2006 while burglarizing a San Fernando Valley home, DelRio was pulling off four jobs a day and was frantic to increase the number because he knew police were onto him, Longacre said.
"He said he did it for the adrenaline rush, for the challenge," the detective said.
DelRio, 33, a native of Barcelona, Spain, was previously sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of 16 counts of burglary, receiving stolen property and attempted escape. That term was reduced to eight years before he agreed to help police find loot and do the training video.
Before Tuesday's resentencing by Superior Court Judge Richard H. Kirschner, the d
Attorney Mark Bledstein, who represents DelRio, said he would probably be deported to Spain after his release.
Prosecutor Edward Neson said DelRio was the most intriguing defendant he has encountered.
"He reminded me of a character in 'Ocean's Thirteen,' " Neson said, referring to the hit movie.
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In the original Ocean's 11, the rat pack didn't ultimately win anything. Not so the remakes, and now you have this fuzzy headed district attorney stating this dirtball, who created so much devastation for so many people was "intriguing" and something out of Ocean's 11. Too cool. Not. I will be contacting that d.a.'s boss tomorrow and urge all to do so.
I wonder how intriguing he’d find the boob if Prosecutor Edward Neson was one of the victims.
As far as I’m concerned he should have robbed everybody with anything to do with Hollywood. They’ve been robbing us for years with their crummy anti-American movies.
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