Chilean Man Sentenced for Thefts, Including Noem's Purse

0:00It's April 22nd. This is Canada News Today, local news powered by AI. A 50-year-old Chilean man just got hit with a three-year prison sentence for snatching a purse from Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem while. She was eating at a DC restaurant, secret service right there, watching her back. His name is Bustamante Liva, and this wasn't a one-off he racked up charges for multiple thefts across the capital. He pleaded guilty back in November to three counts of wire fraud and one count of first degree theft, admitting he robbed two other folks and ran up. Fake charges on their credit cards. Judge Trevor McFadden handed down the sentence this week, and Liva's looking at deportation once he's out. No one called him out last year as a career criminal who'd been in the country illegally for years, while the U.S. Attorney for DC, Janine Piro, said he, came here specifically to target people, but his crime spree stops now. Meanwhile, Cobb's nabbed him after he tried using a stolen gift card for a buy and his

1:03partner in one of the thefts, Christian Montesino Sinanza, already did 13 months back in March. With prison time locked in and deportation on deck, this case wraps up a bold string of DC thefts, showing even high-profile targets aren't. Off limits, but just as caught up quick.