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Women sentenced to two years in prison for Palm Desert smash-and-grab robbery

Palm Desert, California – January 10, 2024 – Two women who took part in a smash-and-grab robbery, allegedly with four men, at a Palm Desert business last year have pleaded guilty to robbery and were each sentenced to two years in state prison.

Destiny Unique Baca, 18, of San Bernardino, and 24-year-old Los Angeles resident Analea Paradise Miller pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count of robbery and had one felony count each of organized retail theft with intent to sell and grand theft of over $950 dismissed, according to court records.   

They were each immediately sentenced to two years in state prison, according to Riverside County District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Brooke Beare.

Also suspected in the robbery are Los Angeles residents Julian Hermosillo, 19, Mason Barron, 22, and Reymond Garcia, 24, and Byron Lee, 19, of Compton. All were charged with grand theft over $950 and organized retail theft, according to court records. Hermosillo, Garcia and Lee were additionally charged with a felony count each of robbery while Barron faces two more felony counts each of robbery, grand theft over $950, organized retail theft and burglary.

They have all pleaded not guilty to their respective charges.

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