P.
P. v. Rogers CA4/1
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…