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Article: 'Obit burglar' gets sentence shortened // Still likely to spend rest of his life behind bars
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- Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- March 19, 2005
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Using a wooden cane to steady his steps, the "obit burglar," now
74, returned to Lancaster County Court Friday to have 1 to 2 years
taken off a prison term his attorney calls "a life sentence."
Ronald Bruce Diaz was sentenced last year to spend 12 to 24 years
in Somerset state prison for burglarizing the homes of surviving
family members who were attending the funerals of their loved ones.
Investigators say Diaz found out when the mourners would be away from
their homes by reading the obituary section of the newspaper.
Diaz is still serving a prison sentence of 6 to 12 years for
similar crimes in Berks, Schuylkill and Chester counties. He must
serve that sentence before he begins serving his ...