Local News in Brief : Owners to Get Back Loot From ‘Gypsies’
Jewelry, silverware and other valuables stolen from homes by what authorities say was a band of Polish Gypsies who preyed on elderly people will be returned to the owners today, Los Angeles police announced Tuesday.
The property was released by Pasadena Superior Court Judge Gilbert Alston now that 16 of the 20 suspects arrested last March have pleaded guilty to burglary and conspiracy charges. The items will be available from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the property division at Parker Center, 150 N. Los Angeles St., downtown.
Detectives said some owners have been waiting for nearly a year to retrieve property being held as evidence in the case. Some of the suspects were arrested as they attempted to board a plane at Los Angeles International Airport with $500,000 worth of silverware and jewelry.
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