Aug
2
Alleged Alex Trebek thief, Lucinda Moyers pleads not guilty
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As you know, Jeopardy host Alex Trebek had a rather too close encounter last week in a San Francisco hotel bedroom. Today, the alleged intruder, Lucinda Moyers faced a judge and pleaded not guilty.
56-year old Moyers was arrested last Tuesday after she allegedly broke into Alex’s room at San Francisco’s Marriott Marquis hotel at around 3am and stole a purse, wallet, bracelet and some cash.
Alex, 71, and his wife of eleven years, Jean were asleep in the room at the time. When he awoke Moyers tried to escape. Alex then swiftly gave chase, tearing his Achilles tendon as he ran.
The purse and wallet have been since recovered but the cash and bracelet [a gift to Al from his mom] are still missing.
Moyers is now charged with two felonies – First-degree burglary and Felony possession of stolen property.
And Police say she’s done this before:
She has two past convictions for residential burglary, once in 1990 and again the next year. Under California law, if she’s found guilty on this charge it’s a ‘third-strike’ offense and she could get 25 years-to-life for the crime.
Moyers is currently being held on $625,000 bail and is due back in (Read more...)