Cross-Dressing Burglar Sentenced to Prison
Posted/updated on: November 19, 2011 at 4:45 pm
TYLER – A Tyler jury has sentenced a woman to prison for using a deadly weapon during the burglary of a habitation. It took the jury in 241st State District Court about an hour yesterday to sentence Maricela Aguilera Rodriguez, 52, to 30 years in prison. The panel had earlier deliberated several hours before convicting her.
Seven months ago, Rodriguez, who was who was disguised as a man, complete with hat and fake moustache, broke into an apartment to collect $15,000 for her vehicle. Following her arrest she told officers she broke into the wrong apartment.
Once in the apartment Rodriguez then tied up a woman and her three daughters with duct tape. They were able to free themselves and escape through a bedroom window. They were not seriously injured.
