Leader sentenced to 4 years in celebrity home burglary ling ring

Police say the group targeted actress Rachel Bilson because it was known she had a large Chanel collection.Ringleader Rachel Lee, 21, is sentenced for burglarizing the home of a reality TV starA judge dismisses three other charges against herFour other defendants have been charged in a ring that allegedly took $3 million in goodsCelebrity victims include Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, Megan Fox
Los Angeles (CNN) -- A leader of the so-called "Bling Ring" that burglarized celebrity homes in Los Angeles was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison, a prosecutor said.
Rachel Lee, 21, was sentenced for burglarizing two years ago the home of reality star Audrina Patridge of "The Hills," Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Chris Baker said.
Lee allegedly took more than $25,000 in jewelry, designer luggage, clothes, shoes, boots and watches from Patridge's home on Feb. 23, 2009. She pleaded no contest last month to one count of first-degree residential burglary.
In his sentencing Tuesday, Judge Larry Paul Fidler dismissed one felony count of conspiracy to commit burglary and two counts of receiving stolen property against Lee, prosecutors said.
Lee's restitution will be determined at a later date, authorities said.
The remaining four defendants -- Nicholas Prugo, 20; Diana Tamayo, 21; Courtney Leigh Ames, 20; and Roy Lopez Jr., 29 -- will be back in court on November 18 for motions and pretrial hearings, prosecutors said.
The ring is accused of allegedly taking more than $3 million in jewelry, designer clothes and accessories from the homes of Orlando Bloom, Paris Hilton, Brian Austin-Green and Megan Fox, Lindsay Lohan and Patridge between September 2008 and August 2009, prosecutors said.
The four remaining defendants have pleaded not guilty, prosecutors said.
Lohan's home was burglarized on August 2009, and an estimated $128,000 in jewelry, designer clothes and accessories was taken, authorities said.
Authorities said they believe an obsession with celebrity culture -- and breaking inside their homes and wearing their clothing -- could be the motivation for the alleged crimes.
The group targeted celebrities such as actress Rachel Bilson, police said, because it was known she had a large collection of Chanel. They allegedly studied celebrity magazines to pick out the clothing and jewelry that they wanted, and would then use the Internet to study satellite maps of the victim's home before deciding on the best method for entry, police said.
At first, police treated them as separate incidents, but after reviewing surveillance video from Patridge and Lohan's homes, they began to notice several similarities and realized that the incidents were related.
"There's nothing to suggest that these kids were criminal masterminds -- this wasn't an 'Ocean's 11' caper," Los Angeles Police Department Officer Brett Goodkin told CNN in 2009. "It's really a series of quite run-of-the-mill residential burglaries, except they targeted the victims for who they are."
The ring of suspected young adult burglars has also been dubbed the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch.
CNN's Rosalina Nieves contributed to this report.
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Anti-Taliban leader killed in Pakistan

Police chief: Aziz-ur Rehman, his 12-year-old son and two others are killedThe attack takes place in a village in the district of Lower Dir, near the border with Afghanistan
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A leader of an anti-Taliban militia was killed in a bomb attack in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, a Pakistani police official told CNN.
The man, Aziz-ur Rehman, his 12-year-old son and two others were killed in the attack, police said.
The bomb exploded as the militia leader was traveling in a car with his son, son-in-law and a neighbor, said Salim Khan Marwat, a local police chief.
The attack took place in a village in Lower Dir, a district where militant groups have increasingly targeted a growing number of pro-government militias that have formed to take on the Pakistani Taliban and other violent extremist groups in the region.
It was not clear who was responsible for Tuesday's attack.
Journalist Nasir Habib contributed to this report.
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Yemeni tribal leader targeted

Hashid tribe leader, Sadiq Al-Ahmar, has called on the president to resign His tribe first clashed with government forces in May
(CNN) -- Yemeni government forces targeted compounds of the family of a tribal leader in Sanaa early Saturday, residents and witnesses said.
Hashid tribe leader, Sadiq Al-Ahmar, has called on President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.
His family's homes are scattered across three districts in the capital -- Hasabah, Sofan and Natha.
This is the second attack on his family in a week.
Last week, witnesses and residents reported heavy clashes between forces and tribesmen. A spokesman for the family said six people were killed when government forces attacked homes of tribesmen in that attack. CNN could not independently verify the claim.
The Ahmar tribes first clashed with government forces in May when 12 days of fighting led to the death of more than 160 people.
The tribes are supporting change in the country and have demanded the ouster of the president.
In a separate attack, clashes erupted between soldiers loyal to a defected military general and government forces in Hasaba and Sofan districts.
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Supreme leader rips U.S. over 'Iran plot'

Iran's supreme leader labels as "meaningless and absurd" U.S. allegations that his country plotted to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to Washington.

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