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BROADCAST CENTER IN LOS ANGELES,
THIS IS THE CBS TO NEWS AT
5:00 P.M.
PAT: WELCOME BACK, I AM PAT
HARVEY.
PAUL: AND I AM PAUL MAGERS.
A LOCAL WOMAN GOT A LOT OF
UNWANTED ATTENTION AFTER SHE
STOLE PACKAGES FROM A PORCH.
TODAY SHE GOT EMOTIONAL IN THE
COURTROOM.
REPORTER: 20-YEAR-OLD RIANNA
MEDINA HAD JUST STOPPED CRYING
WHEN THE JUDGE ALLOWED THE
CAMERAS TO ROLL AT HER
ARRAIGNMENT TODAY IN ALHAMBRA.
AND SHE QUIETLY WEPT WHEN THE
JUDGE SET HER BAIL AT $90,000.
YOU COULD NOT SEE THE TEARS
BECAUSE HER ATTORNEY BLOCKED HER
FROM THE CAMERA ANGLE.
THE MAN THAT TOOK THE CELL PHONE
VIDEO, WHO DOES NOT WANT TO BE
IDENTIFIED, SAYS THAT HE CAN'T
RIANNA MEDINA TRYING TO STEAL
TWO OF HIS PACKAGES THAT WERE
DELIVERED FOR HIS BUSINESS.
TODAY IN COURT, RIANNA MEDINA
PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO THREE
FELONY CHARGES.
SECOND DEGREE COMMERCIAL
BURGLARY, IDENTITY THEFT AND
GRAND THEFT OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY.
THAT IS WHAT SHE TOLD THE MAN
THAT ACTUALLY LIVES IN A HOUSE
AS HE WAS TAKING THE CELL PHONE
VIDEO.
THE VIDEO THAT SHOWS HER TRYING
TO HAUL OFF WITH TWO PACKAGES
THAT CONTAIN A THOUSAND DOLLARS
WITH THE PART THAT THE MAN
NEEDED TO RUN HIS BUSINESS.
SHE DROPPED THE PACKAGES,
STORMED OFF, AND THE HOMEOWNER
SAID THAT SHE GAVE HIM THE
FINGER.
THE ALHAMBRA POLICE WENT AND
TRACKED HER DOWN.
THAT IS WHY SHE'S BEING CHARGED
WITH IDENTITY THEFT.
IN 2011, RIANNA MEDINA HAD BEEN
ARRESTED ON A DIFFERENT CHARGE,
FAILED TO SHOW UP IN COURT AND
WAS PICKED UP ON A WARRANT.
BECAUSE OF THAT HISTORY, THE
JUDGE RAISED HER VEIL FROM
$25,000 TO $90,000.
EVEN THOUGH SHE DIDN'T STEAL THE
PACKAGES, ACCORDING TO THE LAW,
THE INTENT WAS THERE AND SHE DID