Paris Hilton: Burglary Victim
An estimated $2 million worth of jewelry and other belongings was stolen from the home of Paris Hilton.
The burglary occurred at Hilton’s Hollywood Hills home. The burglar, or burglars, got into the house through an unlocked door, according to LAPD sources. According to detectives, a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and gloves burglar-ed Hilton’s bedroom, took unknown property and fled, said Officer April Harding.
LAPD sources said they do not believe at this time that the burglary is connected to infamous burglaries that have beset the Westside and Hollywood Hills and cost many celebrities hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry and other valuables. In those cases, the two –- and possibly three –- men, clad in black and wearing ski masks and gloves, burglar-ed more than 70 homes in areas such as Bel-Air, Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills and the hills above Encino, usually at night and often on weekends. The victims in those burglaries included former Paramount Pictures chief Sherry Lansing and her Oscar-winning director husband, William Friedkin, Clippers basketball star Cuttino Mobley, Duran Duran guitarist John Taylor and his wife, Juicy Couture President Gela Nash-Taylor, and country music stars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill.
A theft crime is a criminal act of taking another individual’s personal property without the individual’s consent. In California, theft crimes are classified as grand theft or petty theft. Petty theft is taking another person’s property (valued at below $400) without the person’s consent. In most cases, petty theft is considered a misdemeanor. Grand theft is taking another person’s property (valued at $400 or greater) without the person’s consent. Many grand theft crimes are considered felonies; which means that the offender can be sentenced with over a year of jail time if convicted.
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