"The planning, surveillance, and sophistication involved in this case required the defendants' removal from society. The foursome were charged in connection with an elaborate May 25, 2025, heist in which burglars broke into Dr. Conkey's Candy and Coffee Shop in Simi Valley through the roof, used ladders and ropes to propel down, blacked out surveillance cameras and stole cash from a safe."
"They then spent hours boring a hole through a wall into the adjacent 5-Star Jewelry & Watch Repair, where they broke into another safe and made off with jewelry, bullion, cash and heirlooms belonging to the store's customers. Prosecutors said the defendants planned the crime, buying rope at Home Depot and casing the businesses days before the heists."
"Jewelry store owner Jonathan Youssef has said the contents of the safe, which were not insured, represented the life's work of his father, Jacoub Youssef, who emigrated from Egypt to the United States in the early 1970s. He estimated the store lost between $2 million in the heist."
Three defendants were sentenced to jail for their roles in a May 2025 jewelry heist in Simi Valley. The burglars broke into Dr. Conkey's Candy and Coffee Shop through the roof, rappelled down using ladders and ropes, disabled surveillance cameras, and stole cash from a safe. They then drilled through a wall into the adjacent 5-Star Jewelry & Watch Repair, breaking into another safe and stealing jewelry, bullion, cash, and customer heirlooms. Heidy Trujillo received four years, while Manuel David Ibarra and Camilo Antonio Aguilar Lara each received four years and four months. Prosecutors emphasized the crime's sophisticated planning, including pre-heist surveillance and equipment purchases. A fourth defendant's sentencing was continued to March 26.
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