Jorge Montero Jailed for Stefanie Lupp Burglary

Jorge Montero

Forty-eight-year-old Jorge Montero, a former employee of Priority Security, appeared unrepresented this morning in the courtroom of Senior Magistrate Sharon Frazer to answer to a single charge of burglary.  It is alleged that on December twenty-sixth, the Lord’s Bank resident entered into the home of Stephanie Lupp on Princess Margaret Drive and stole a pink digital camera, a Kindle tablet, as well as a charger.  Together, the electronic items were valued at approximately one thousand, five hundred dollars.  Montero was caught red-handed on footage from a surveillance camera inside Lupp’s home.  According to the sixty-nine-year-old businesswoman, she had been receiving visitors to her home since last Friday and had hired security personnel to safeguard the property.  One of her guests later complained that several items had gone missing from their room.  A review of the surveillance footage clearly showed Montero entering the home.  In court, he wasted no time and pleaded guilty.  Montero then went on to state that he was intoxicated at the time of the incident and has since returned all the items.  Despite his plea for lenience, the lower court judge explained to Montero that a crime had been committed and that being drunk was no excuse for his lack of judgment.  With that she sentenced him to five years in prison for burglary.