FROM STAFF REPORTS
Angelita Rodriguez Pacheco
BURNET — A Burnet County Jury sentenced a Granite Shoals woman, who admitted selling methamphetamines, to 18 years in prison on charges she stole from guests at a Marble Falls hotel where she worked, according to a statement by the 33rd/424th Judicial District Attorney’s Office.
Angelita Rodriguez Pacheco, 39, received two 18-year prison sentences on two counts of burglary of a habitation Sept. 16 in a Burnet courtroom. District Judge Dan Mills, who presided over the trial, ordered Pacheco to serve the sentences concurrently.
“During the trial, the jury heard evidence that Pacheco, formerly an employee of the Hill Country Inn (located at 1101 U.S. 281) in Marble Falls, went into several patrons’ rooms there and stole personal electronic devices on July 31, 2013,” according to the prosecutors. “An iPad taken from one victim’s room was later found in Pacheco’s possession.”
During sentencing, the jury heard from Pacheco, who admitted to selling methamphetamines, and prosecutors presented more evidence of a string of burglaries and theft-related offenses over the past several years.
“This woman was engaged in a scheme to burglarize hotel rooms, and she abused her position to put her plan into action,” prosecutor Richard Crowther said. “By putting her in prison, the jury has helped ensure that Burnet County never becomes the sort of place where our visitors have to worry about becoming victims of crime.”
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