<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=12vJIK_0vjAoTAW00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=12vJIK_0vjAoTAW00" width="1693" height="1046" ><figcaption>Oakland County Circuit Court (Aileen Wingblad/MediaNews Group)</figcaption></figure>Another South American man charged in a Troy home invasion — believed to be part of an international crime ring and in the U.S. illegally — has opted out of trial with a plea in Oakland County Circuit Court.At a pretrial hearing on Tuesday, Owen Jean Cortes, 25, of Colombia, pleaded no contest to home invasion and possession of burglary tools for an Aug. 1 daytime break-in on Millay Drive. He’s scheduled to be sentenced on Oct. 22 by Judge Victoria Valentine.Cortes’ plea follows pleas from co-defendants Michel Alba Rincon, 39, and Geovanny Castellanos-Forero, 27 – both Colombians — and Mexican Luis Felipe Camargo, aka Alberto Franco Jimenez, aka Franco Venezolana, 43. Rincon and Castellanos-Forero pleaded guilty to second-degree home invasion in August, and on Tuesday were sentenced to nine months to 15 years in prison.Camargo pleaded no contest last week to second-degree home invasion, and prosecutors dropped a charge of driving with a suspended license. He’s scheduled for sentencing on Oct. 15.The fifth co-defendant, Omar Giovvany Rodriguez-Aponte, 48, has not pleaded. He’s scheduled for a pretrial hearing on Oct. 22.According to the Troy Police Department, the Department of Homeland Security has indicated there’s “probable cause to believe (all five) are here (in the United States) illegally.”Police said the break-in was detected by a homeowner who spotted a masked intruder while watching a security camera set up in his residence. The homeowner was reportedly at work at the time. It was later determined multiple suspects were involved in the home invasion.Issues with the five men’s immigration status will be handled by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office said.<blockquote>Colombians sentenced for Troy home break-inMan sentenced for threat outside Jewish Federation BuildingNext court date set for accused murderer, rapist; GoFundMe collecting donations for surviving victims</blockquote></div></body>

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Another Colombian enters plea in Troy home break-in

Another South American man charged in a Troy home invasion — believed to be part of an international crime ring and in the U.S. illegally — has opted out of trial with a plea in Oakland County Circuit Court. At a pretrial hearing on Tuesday, Owen Jean Cortes,...