Hollywood Crime: Celebrity Worship Of Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton Blamed in Burglaries
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Burglars who targeted Hollywood stars' homes were motivated by celebrity worship, say investigators. "They were rabid consumers of everything celebrity," Los Angeles police officer Brett Goodkin told Reuters.
The homes of Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson and Audrina Patridge were ransacked between October 2008 and September 2009. Nicholas Prugo, 18, and Rachel Lee, 18, have been arrested.
Also named by police, Courtney Ames, 18, and Alexis Neiers, 18, along with Diana Tamayo, 19, and Roy Lopez Jr, 27. All have been arrested over the break-ins.
Prugo faces up to six years in prison on a charge of burglary of more than $170,000 in jewellery and clothes. Sean Erenstoft, an attorney for Prugo, said, "Mr Prugo's involvement was very, very limited."