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CRIME BLOTTER Caroline Catarzi/Contributed photo Alyssa Conrad/Contributed photo Samantha Smith/Contributed photo Brandy Kinney/Contributed photo MEMBERS OF FEMALE CRIME RING SENTENCED THIS WEEK Members of the female crime ring who were arrested by the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office in November 2012 pleaded guilty this week and have been sentenced for a variety of charges stemming from their two-week crime spree, the office has announced. continues. She also received a 10-year prison sentence with one year of community control added and four years of drug offender probation. Samantha Smith pleaded guilty to seven burglary charges plus four counts of Dealing in Stolen Property and Providing False Information To a Pawn Broker. She was sentenced to four years in prison and 10 years of probation, the report adds. Caroline Catarzi pleaded guilty to 14 burglary charges plus six counts of Dealing in Stolen Property and Providing False Information To a Pawn Broker, the report says. She received a 10-year prison sentence with one year of com- Brandy Kinney pleaded guilty to six burglary munity control and four years of drug offend- charges and was sentenced to just under a er probation. year in jail plus four years of probation. Alyssa Conrad pleaded guilty to charges related to 14 burglaries plus eight counts of Dealing in Stolen Property and Providing False Information To a Pawn Broker, the report This group was suspected of more than 30 burglaries that were investigated by both the Sheriff's Office and the Sarasota Police Department, the report notes.