To trim sentence, thief makes video for police

By Linda Deutsch
ASSOCIATED PRESS
August 13, 2008

LOS ANGELES – One of the city's most prolific burglars was resentenced yesterday to 7½ years in prison after making a police training video showing how he stole about $16 million in property, including a Degas painting.

In an effort to win the slightly reduced sentence, Ignacio DelRio, also known as Ricardo Caveda, also drew a map that led police to about $400,000 worth of stolen goods he had buried under a San Fernando Valley freeway overpass.

“He confessed to 1,000 burglaries, and I have been able to find 180 victims so far,â€