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Woman who received Hilton jacket sentenced

LOS ANGELES

A woman who pleaded no contest to receiving a jacket stolen from Paris Hilton received three years of supervised probation Friday in a sentence described by a judge as lenient due to missteps by a police officer.

Courtney Leigh Ames is one of a group of young adults accused of burglarizing celebrities’ homes and stealing more than $3 million in jewelry, high-end fashion and other luxury goods. All the cases have been resolved with plea deals, with several members of the group dubbed the “Bling Ring” receiving no jail or prison time

The homes of Hilton, Orlando Bloom, Lindsay Lohan and several other celebrities were burglarized between December 2008 and October 2009.

The person accused of being the Bling Ring mastermind, Nicholas Prugo, is scheduled to be sentenced March. 1. He has been jailed since April 2012 in another case.

Vindicator wire services