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Woman gets probation for receiving stolen property

By Cherrie Anne E.Villahermosa
Variety News Staff

A 20-year-old woman charged with receiving stolen property from a minor received a sentence of probation.
Isabel Sablan Ali appeared for a change of plea hearing on Thursday and entered a “nolo contendere” plea.
“Nolo contendere” is Latin for “I do not wish to contend.” It is a plea that is substantially but not technically an admission of guilt.
Ali was charged with one count of receiving stolen property.
Associate Judge David A. Wiseman accepted her plea and sentenced her to one year of imprisonment, all suspended except for seven days.
Ali was given credit of seven days for time already served.
She was placed on one year of supervised probation and ordered to perform 40 hours of community work service.
She was also ordered to submit a letter of apology to the owner of the stolen property, a bush-cutter.
Ali will pay a fine of $250 and a $25 assessment fee as well as a probation fee to be determined by the Office of the Adult Probation.
A review hearing was set for June 7.
Ali was charged for receiving and pawning a stolen Kawasaki bush-cutter owned by Gloria Agulto Cabrera.
A minor stole the bush-cutter and gave it later to Ali.
Ali then helped the minor pawn the bush-cutter at a pawnshop.