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P. v. Rogers CA4/1

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Court of Appeal of CaliforniaMay 7, 2013D061644California2,662 words

Opinion

Opinion

Mcdonald, J.

FACTS

A. The October 14 Burglary and Recovery of a Stolen Item

On Friday, October 14, 2011, between 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., an apartment in the

University Town Center (UTC) area in which Ms. Kimura and her roommates lived was

burglarized. Among the property stolen were three laptop computers (including

Ms. Kimura's MacBook) and two cameras. That evening, Rogers phoned Mr. Arefi and

offered to sell him a MacBook laptop computer. Rogers rode the bus to the Fashion

Valley mall and rendezvoused with Arefi, who bought the MacBook laptop (later

determined by police to be Kimura's MacBook) for cash. Shortly thereafter, Arefi sold

Kimura's MacBook to Mr. Fratilapopa.

Kimura's MacBook contained a security program that took a screenshot of

Fratilapopa trying to delete her account information, and informed Kimura the MacBook

was somewhere in the area of Murrietta, California. Kimura found a Craigslist

advertisement from the Murrietta area offering a MacBook for sale. Kimura gave this

All further statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise specified. 2 information to police. The Craigslist seller was Fratilapopa, and Detective…

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