SAN FERNANDO, Calif. — Two women were sentenced to prison Thursday for burglarizing a home in a Southern California neighborhood that had been evacuated during a wildfire last year.
Sabrina Devens, 32, of Sherman Oaks was given a four-year term and Gina Samantha Rios, 19, of North Hollywood was sentenced to two years by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Ronald S. Coen.
Both women pleaded no contest to a single felony count of first-degree residential burglary. Two other counts against Devens were dismissed in a plea agreement.
They were caught on Nov. 15, 2008, by a resident returning home from an evacuation of the Porter Ranch area that was ordered because of the huge Sayre Fire.
The district attorney's office said the victim found Rios using a cell phone in front of his home, and then saw Devens walk to the front of the residence from the rear yard.
Police officers patrolling the area witnessed the confrontation and investigated, discovering property belonging to the victim and his wife in the women's possession.
The Sayre Fire burned about 17 square miles of brushlands along the northern rim of Los Angeles, destroying nearly 500 residences.
Source: Sign on San Diego - Link
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