Crime & Safety
Handyman Gets Almost 3 Years for Stealing Rolex in Beverly Glen
Ricardo Orozco was working as a handyman for a family when the homeowner's son realized his watch was missing from his bedroom on April 20, 2013
Originally posted at 2:33 p.m. June 30, 2014. Edited with new details.
A handyman who stole an $8,000 Rolex Submariner watch from a home in Beverly Grove was sentenced today to nearly three years in prison.
Ricardo Orozco, 39, pleaded no contest in January to a felony count of receiving stolen property.
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Orozco was working as a handyman for a Beverly Grove family when the homeowner's son realized his watch was missing from his bedroom on April 20, 2013.
Investigators discovered that Orozco had pawned the watch a day later. They matched the pawnshop watch to the missing Submariner based on its serial number and receipts, according to the District Attorney's Office.
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Orozco was convicted of robbery in 2005.
--City News Service
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