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Stolen Blake Laptop Found
The case of the missing computer has been solved.
Los Angeles police have recovered a laptop that had been swiped from the apartment of Robert Blake's attorney and contained the "heart and soul" of the defense's case.
Police also arrested two teens on suspicion of burglary after the computer turned up in an L.A. pawn shop.
The two suspects, ages 18 and 19, have no links to the Blake case, according to authorities.
The laptop went AWOL from the home of Blake lawyer M. Gerald Schwartzbach on Dec. 6, forcing yet another postponement of the former Baretta star's murder trial.
The theft came on the same day the jury was sworn in.
Immediately after Schwartzbach discovered the computer had been pilfered, Superior Court Judge Darlene E. Schempp appointed a special master, James Blatt, to ensure no case-sensitive material stemming was compromised.
Schempp convened a hearing in her chambers Tuesday morning with detectives, Blatt and Schwartzbach, who entered carrying "a large package wrapped in evidence tape"--presumably the computer--according to Los Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons.
According to a Blatt, the computer had not been tampered with and there was no violation of attorney-client privilege.
The suspects were identified as 19-year-old Michael Washington and 18-year-old Koi Burton, both of Los Angeles. They were booked on felony burglary and are being held on $50,000 bond. Police say the two randomly selected Schwartzbach's apartment, where they made off with the laptop and a set of golf clubs. (Schwarzbach's neighbor had claimed her apartment was also broken into, but nothing was taken.)
The teens confessed to the crime, police said Tuesday. Within a few hours of the burglary, they pawned the computer for about $100. Washington and Burton will be arraigned Wednesday; meanwhile, prosecution and defense lawyers in the Blake case will also be in court then to sort out pretrial motions.
Now that the computer's back, the case is ready to go forward. After a two-week delay, opening statements are set to get underway on Monday.
Blake, 71, is accused of the 2001 slaying of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. He has pleaded not guilty to the crime and remains free on $1.5 million bail.
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