"Alameda County prosecutors have struck plea deals with two alleged robbers, both of whom were accused of luring their victims into a false sense of security with the help of a suspected prostitute. In one case, Nicholas Lewis, 31, was sentenced to nine days he already served in jail plus probation after pleading no contest to grand theft. In another, Luis Silva, 24, also pleaded no contest to grand theft for a two-year probation term, court records show."
"Lewis was accused of robbing and pepper-spraying a man with the help of 18-year-old Janiya Brown Lee. Police say a 69-year-old victim was robbed at the Travel Inn on the 400 block of West MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland on the night of Jan. 11. On the witness stand, he denied seeking the company of a prostitute, explaining that, I'm a married man. Brown Lee's case was eventually dismissed, court records show."
"The two incidents were part of a string of similar crimes involving men who allegedly came to Oakland looking to trade money for sex, only to fall prey to robbery plots. Past examples include one from last year, where four men and an alleged sex worker from Mississippi were charged with burglarizing a hotel and robbing a man who was shot during the ordeal."
Alameda County prosecutors reached plea deals with two alleged robbers accused of using suspected prostitutes to lure victims into robbery plots. Nicholas Lewis, 31, pleaded no contest to grand theft and received nine days served plus probation. Luis Silva, 24, pleaded no contest to grand theft and received two years probation. Janiya Brown Lee, 18, was accused of aiding Lewis in a Jan. 11 Travel Inn robbery but her case was later dismissed. Monica Trujillo-Ramirez, 29, pleaded no contest to theft and received one year probation. The incidents match a pattern of men seeking paid sex who were targeted and robbed.
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