Calabasas Teens Arrested for Celebrity Burglary Spree

CALABASAS, Calif., Oct. 26–The teen gang were friends from Indian Hills continuation school in Calabasas. Their victims were Hollywood A-listers.

Police reported the arrest of Rachel Lee, the 19-year-old suspected ringleader of a Calabasas teen gang that stole millions from the homes of wealthy celebrities. Also arrested were Diana Tamayo, 19, Courtney Ames, 18, Alexis Neiers, 18, Roy Lopez, Jr., 27. Nicholas Prugo, 18, was arrested last month for some of the crimes.

Authorities say the group is responsible for a $2 million jewelry heist at Paris Hilton’s home last year, a break-in at Lindsay Lohan’s home, netting $128,000 in cash and goods, a burglary of “Pirates of the Caribbean” star Orlando Bloom’s house, where about $500,000 in jewels and art were stolen, and a theft at the home of “The Hills” star Audrina Patridge, where $43,000 in jewels was taken.

The “kids” won’t be getting positive reviews for Indian Hills High School, the district’s “alternative” high school, which recently moved from Las Virgenes Road in Calabasas to facilities at Agoura High School.

One arrested suspect, Diana Tamayo, was the Student Body President and actually received the Las Virgenes Educators Association’s “Future Teacher” scholarship of $1,500 at her graduation. Another alleged gang member, Rachel Lee, received the “Creative Art” scholarship.

A source close to Rachel Lee told People magazine that her family lacked for nothing, saying “their mom provided everything they needed growing up. She raised them in nice homes.”

People also reported that the suspects, excluding Prugo, were arrested Thursday in a sting. Prugo has already been accused of the thefts from Lindsay Lohan and reality TV star Audrina Patridge.

Rachel Lee, was arrested at her father’s Las Vegas home where TMZ reports that police seized ” “laptops, photographs of a partially nude woman, photographs of Lee’s friends, more than 200 $100 bills, a Korean passport and a vial of marijuana.” They also took items linked to the burglaries, including Lohan’s hat, Bilson’s clothes and “partially nude photographs linked to Paris Hilton,” the site reported.

Another arrested local was Alexis Neiers, 18, the sister of Playboy model Tess Taylor, who showed up with a camera crew to tape the release of her sister and suspected accomplices.

Lee, Ames and Neiers have each been released on $50,000 bail, while Tamayo remains in jail for immigration issues.

All were arrested for burglary, although they have yet to be officially charged.

Paris Hilton’s spokeswoman said that most of the $2 million in stolen goods has been returned.

“Paris went to the police station last night to retrieve her stolen belongings,” her publicist, Dawn Miller, reported. “She didn’t get everything but fortunately most of her jewelry was returned. She’s really pleased and thankful to the LAPD for their help.”