Obituary Stalking Burglar To Be Interned In Prison

VAN NUYS, CA — Karm came back to bite a man dubbed the "Funeral Burglar" Thursday with a four year prison sentence.

Brett Rogers, 45, pleaded no contest Thursday to burglarizing two houses in Los Angeles and Sherman Oaks while the residents were attending the funerals of loved ones. Rogers was caught on camera in the Sherman Oaks burglary, and many people who knew Rogers were eager to identify him to Police. Rogers was immediately sentenced to four years in state prison following his plea to two felony counts of first-degree residential burglary, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.

Rogers burglarized homes in Los Angeles and Sherman Oaks on March 7 and March 11, according to Deputy District Attorney Elizabeth Karb.

A third burglary charge involving an April 2017 break-in at the home of a Glendale woman attending her husband's funeral was dismissed as a result of Rogers' plea, but he was ordered to pay restitution for all three burglaries, according to the District Attorney's Office.

Los Angeles police said earlier this year that they received several calls that helped them identify Rogers as the suspect after they released security video from a doorbell camera at the Sherman Oaks home when the home's occupants were away at a funeral.

Rogers was arrested in May and has remained behind bars since then, according to jail records.

City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.