TWO SENTENCED IN IDENTITY THEFT PRISON, JAIL AWAIT CREDIT CARD THIEVES.Byline: Karen Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER - A Palmdale couple accused of buying $25,000 in jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. , cameras, televisions and other merchandise with credit cards obtained through identity theft pleaded no contest Thursday to commercial burglary. Magua Mayes, 32, was sentenced to three years in prison. Co-defendant Destany Larson, 18, will surrender next week to begin serving six months in jail. ``The offer all along was three years state prison for both of them,'' Deputy District Attorney John Evans John Evans may refer to:
Mayes and Larson also were each ordered to repay $12,500 to the stores that were victimized. The sentence for Larson upset identity-theft victim Marilee Horne, in whose name and the name of her husband the couple went on a four-day shopping spree in August and September 2004 at 11 stores in the Antelope, Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, and San Fernando valleys San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . Horne was escorted out of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Courthouse courtroom Thursday after she spoke up as Larson was entering her plea. ``It's devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. . A criminal gets just a slap on the hand. It pays to be a criminal,'' Horne said later, referring to Larson. ``We can't refinance our house because she's ruined our life.'' Larson, who has no criminal record and whose family members vouched for her, was released last November after two weeks in jail on a written promise to appear in court. Evans said Mayes, who spent seven months in jail before entering the plea Thursday, had some misdemeanor convictions. When Larson is sentenced, she will be placed on five years probation, Evans said. Mayes' attorney, Deputy Public Defender public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was Fred Gagliardini, questioned the disparity in the sentences. ``Why is one offered prison, and one gets probation?'' Gagliardini asked. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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