18-year-old Rachel Lee (left) is believed to be the mastermind behind a string of recent Hollywood burglaries, targeting Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and “Hills” star Audrina Patridge, among others. Lee was busted Thursday at her father’s Las Vegas home, where police seized “laptops, photographs of a partially nude woman, photographs of Lee’s friends, more than 200 $100 bills, a Korean passport and a vial of marijuana,” as well as various items that seem to belong to the celeb victims, according to TMZ. She’s pictured here with fellow suspect Nicholas Prugo.
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Nicholas Prugo, seen here visiting his lawyer in Sherman Oaks, California, is the only suspect in the multi-teen crime crew who’s been formally charged. He was slapped with two counts of first-degree burglary for the Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge thefts. Prugo was freed on $100,000 bail and faces six years in prison.
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Another suspect, 18-year-old Courtney Ames was released from the police station in Van Nuys, California just before 1am on Friday, October 23, after being questioned about the alleged burglaries of celebrity homes, including Lindsay Lohan’s, over recent months. Ames, along with her cohorts, was arrested on suspicion of burglary. She was freed on $50,000 bail.
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Another suspect, 18-year-old Alexis Neiers (center), is the sister of Playboy model Tess Taylor (right). The girls are currently working on a reality show, and Taylor showed up at the jail to spring her sister with a camera crew in tow to capture Neiers, Ames and fellow suspect Diana Tamayo (not pictured). Neiers and Lee were freed on $50,000 bail each, while Tamayo remains in custody on an immigration hold.
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Heir-head Paris Hilton was the first celebrity targeted by the teenagers. On December 19, 2008, $2 million in jewelry was stolen from her Sherman Oaks home, the front door of which was reportedly left wide open. Hilton was recently able to get most of her valuables returned.
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The teenage crew is also believed to be responsible for the July 16 theft of $500,000 in cash, jewels and art from Orlando Bloom’s Los Angeles pad.
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Another victim, “Hills” star Audrina Patridge, had $43,000 in jewels stolen from her LA home while she was at a birthday party last February.
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But perhaps the most high-profile victim of the recent crime wave was Lindsay Lohan, who had $128,000 in cash and designer clothes stolen from her Beachwood Canyon home on August 23. LiLo was at a birthday party and discovered the break-in at 3 a.m.
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Later police released camera images of three burglary suspects breaking into Lohan’s pad. The suspects, who covered their faces with scarves, were captured walking through a gate and entering the courtyard of the property in the middle of the night. Detectives believe they got inside through an unlocked door before ransacking the house and stealing items belonging to Lohan.
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