SAN DIEGO—A husband and wife who prosecutors say targeted and robbed senior citizens in San Diego County were sentenced Jan. 10.
Daniel Miclescu, 30, and Simona Paun, 37, pleaded guilty to robbery, attempted residential burglary, and theft from an elderly person for robbing two people and trying to burglarize the home of a third in August and September of last year.
The San Diego County District Attorney’s (DA) Office alleges the couple is part of a “nationwide ring involving hundreds of suspects” who have committed similar crimes against elderly victims.
Prosecutors say Miclescu and Paun pretended they were selling jewelry before robbing two victims of a Rolex watch and a purse containing $850 in cash. They also offered jewelry to a woman in a Mira Mesa parking lot, then followed her home after she declined and tried to force their way into her residence….