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Dumber Than He Looks.
A jewelry thief lost his temper at sentencing when a
judge accused him of showing no remorse.
"Are you gonna sentence me to the max? Is that what you're getting at?"
Herminio DeJesus yelled. "Go ahead! You're going to give it to me anyway!"
The judge proceeded to make his day handed down a
maximum sentence of 3 1/2-to-seven years in prison.
DeJesus, 21, was convicted of third-degree grand larceny for stealing
jewelry from his girlfriend's parents last year. The family, who took
DeJesus in to help him save money and find a job, said the stolen items,
including the couple's wedding rings, were worth $12,000.
The defense maintained that DeJesus accepted responsibility and was
remorseful - though he insisted he only took four or five pieces of
jewelry worth less than $1,000.
His lawyer, David Morabito, alleged that DeJesus' girlfriend also was
stealing jewelry along with a friend who admitted pawning some of it. He
asked for a minimum two-to-four-year sentence.
In addition, DeJesus denied assertions by his girlfriend's mother, Linda
Breese, that he was abusive toward her and her daughter.
"I don't know where they get all this stuff," he said, adding that he "got
bamboozled" and "got convicted of a crime I didn't do."
Source: FindLaw.com, AP, "Thief Disses Judge in
Court, Gets Max," May 15, 2003.
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