Burglar gets 2 yrs. in prison; his lookout gets nine months

A burglar was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison, while his accomplice who served as a lookout was slapped with a nine-month prison term. The two burglarized a house in As Teo and stole assorted jewelry and other items.

Gorjonny V. Camacho, 21, pleaded guilty to burglary, while George Grover, 23, pleaded guilty to receiving stolen property as part of a plea deal.

Superior Court Associate Judge Teresa Kim-Tenorio sentenced Camacho to five years in prison, all suspended except for two years, with credit for seven days of time served.

Kim-Tenorio sentenced Grover to five years in prison, all suspended except for nine months, with credit for a month and 14 days of time served.

After serving their sentences, Camacho and Grover will each be placed on probation for five years. They were each required to pay a $500 fine, $100 court costs and $500 probation fees.

Camacho and Grover were ordered to pay restitution to the victim couple in the amount of $5,096.97 before their probation ends.

The two were each required to perform 300 hours of community service, complete any recommended counseling by the Community Guidance Center, and write a letter of apology to the victims.

Kim-Tenorio found out that Grover has a bench warrant in a traffic case. She quashed the warrant and ordered him to appear in court on Sept. 18 for a change of plea hearing.

After the sentencing, Kim-Tenorio remanded the defendants into the custody of the Department of Corrections.

Attorney Joaquin DLG. Torres and assistant public defender Matthew Meyer served as respective counsels for Camacho and Grover. Assistant attorney general Heather Barcinas represented the government.

Police arrested the two in May.

According to police detective Catherine B. Pangelinan, Camacho admitted to police that he burglarized the house on April 11, 2014, with Grover serving as the lookout.

Camacho confessed pawning some of the stolen gold jewelry to two pawnshops and that he blew all the money at a poker arcade.

Pangelinan said some of the stolen items were recovered from the pawnshops.

Pangelinan stated in her report that a police officer responded to a house in As Teo on April 11, 2014, where a burglary happened. Missing were the owner’s jewelry worth $3,000, two iPods, two Fossil watches, two cell phones, and money in an unspecified amount.

Pangelinan said that on May 5, 2014, Camacho’s sister appeared at the Commonwealth Bureau of Investigation and told them that Camacho and Grover were behind the burglary at a house in As Teo.