(Watch the Good Morning America video)

The suspects are accused of burglarizing a handful of celebrity homes including Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, Orlando Boom, Rachel Bilson, among others. They are accused of taking almost $3 million in personal items including clothing and jewelry.

Suspect Rachel Lee, 19, pleaded not guilty to three counts of residential burglary and two counts of receiving stolen property on Wednesday.

Suspect Nicholas Prugo, dressed up for a video interview on Good Morning America on Wednesday, where he said the group researched the celebrities on the Internet to find out when they wouldn’t be home. At times both Prugo and Lee have been considered the ring leader.

“I feel really bad for what I did,” Nick Prugo said on Good Morning America Wednesday.

Prugo also pleaded not guilty to the charges, saying he has returned some of the stolen items and is cooperating with the police. Some of the other defendants are calling him a rat.

“They’re going to say what they’re going to say. If me taking responsibility for my crimes and trying to help out the police makes me a rat, then so be it. I’m just trying to make amends and and do right,” Prugo said during his Good Morning America interview.

Prugo blames peer pressure for their actions. The suspects even referred to the burglaries as “going shopping.” Yet he still pleaded not guilty….

“It started out small — cars, just looking at little things. And then it escalated into homes, and then celebrities’ homes, and it became very big, very fast, and I don’t think any of us realized how severe it was until we actually got caught,” said Prugo.

Other suspects who face charges include Courtney Leigh Ames, Diana Tamayo and Alexis Christine Neiers (who is now on a E! reality show that debuts in March called Pretty Wild).

My opinion? One of the suspects is on a reality TV show and I think this is how the suspects see it – as surreal, not a serious situation.

How in the world can Prugo plead not guilty after admitting his part? How do any of them plan to get away with this when they have video? I wonder if they are all banking in making money on selling their stories or the possibility of a “TV movie,” etc.

Prugo even goes so far to say they were burglarizing cars and other things before they even considered celebrity homes? I would say they are repeat offenders that got caught. They didn’t do this just once but several times. I like what the Good Morning America reporter says to Prugo: “In what kind of universe is this okay?”

Also, Prugo is supposedly featured in an upcoming issue of Vanity Fair, where he talks about the crimes.

Can you believe this baloney? I hope the court doesn’t go easy on these suspects.

Here’s a TMZ video of Lee leaving court Wednesday.

Image: (Bling Ring suspect Rachel Lee leaves a Los Angeles court.) splashnewsonline.com

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Alexis and her two sisters Tess Taylor and Gabriele Neiers will be featured on an upcoming E! reality show Pretty Wild, that will start in March.

Neiers was allegedly found with stolen property belonging to Lindsay Lohan and Rachel Bilson.

When asked by the paparazzi if she would do jail time, she said she doesn’t think so.

“I highly doubt it… I’m gonna say no,” Neiers told X17.

The pilot was shot before Neiers was arrested. Nine episodes have been ordered.

Earlier in the evening, she told X17 that the mastermind of the burglaries was a male and she goes on to say how mature she is now. How does that get her off the hook for her alleged participation?

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Courtney Leigh Ames, 19, allegedly wore the necklace to her Dec. 2 arraignment, when it was identified as Lohan’s, according to the Los Angles Times.

Ames was charged today with extra counts of receiving stolen property for wearing it to court. She also was charged today with allegedly possessing Paris Hilton’s leather jacket.

Please tell me this girl didn’t know it was stolen, but she probably did it to see if she would get caught!

Ames and co-defendants Diana Tamayo (who also received an additional charge today), Nicholas Prugo and Roy Lopez Jr. appeared in court today. They were ordered to return Feb. 10 to set a date for their preliminary hearing.

Co-defendant Alexis Neirs, 18, is scheduled to return Jan. 26. Rachel Lee, 19, is scheduled to be arraigned next month, the LA Times said.

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Rachel Lee, 19, was charged Wednesday. Five other suspects have already been charged with the burglaries.

Lee was arrested initially in October in Las Vegas, but at the time, Los Angeles prosectuors declined to press charges against her.
Lee and Nicholas Prugo, the first suspect arrested who faces seven counts of first-degree burglary, are considered by the authorities as the leaders. Prugo told LAPD that Lee suggested the celebrity homes to target, while he would do the research.

The burglaries were committed between December 2008 and October 2009. Among the celebrities hit were Lohan (in August), Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, Rachel Bilson, Ashley Tisdale, Megan Fox and Audrina Patridge.

Lee is charged with the burglaries of Lohan, Hilton and Patridge. She is suspected of receiving stolen property including a fur coat and photographs.

Image: Fame Pictures. (Police and repairman arrive at Lindsay Lohan’s Los Angeles home on Aug. 23, 2009 after the actress discovered she had been burglarized.)

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Suspect Jonathan Ajar (knicknamed “Johnny Dangerously” by the police) surrendered to police in Hollywood on Wednesday. (Photo of Ajar on left)

Prosecutors have charged Ajar with 10 felony drug and gun counts after searching his home.

Lindsay’s former Hollywood Hills home was burglarized in late August.

Meanwhile, search warrants documents show that the celebrity burglary ring (being called numerous things including Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch and Bling Ring) made out like bandits stealing everything from gold and silver jewelry, a Cartier watch with diamonds, purses from Marc Jabobs, Chanel and Louis Vuitton, etc.

UPDATE: Added videos

Besides Lindsay Lohan, other celebrities who were burglarized included Paris Hilton, Audrina Patridge, Rachel Bilson, Brian Austin Green, Megan Fox, Orlando Bloom and Ashley Tisdale.

A search of Ajar’s home discovered illegal drugs and several guns. Because Ajar was convicted in 2002 of a federal drug charge, drugs and guns in his possession are prohibited. Ajar is suspected of attempting to sell the stolen goods.

Other suspects in the burglary ring include Alexis Neiers, Diana Tamayo, Courtney Ames, Roy Lopez Jr., Rachel Lee and Nicholas Prugo.

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Pictures have appeared on TMZ showing alleged suspect Courtney Ames wearing the beaded rosary type necklace which appears to be identical to one that Lohan wore in pictures in 2008.

Lindsay’s home was burglarized during a string of celebrity heists, allegedly by the “Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch” which also stole from celebrities including Paris Hilton, Audrina Patridge and others.

The police have said the suspects targeted particular items before they hit the celebrity homes.

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Rachel Lee, 19, Diana Tamayo, 19, Courtney Ames, 18, Alexis Neiers, 18, and Roy Lopez, Jr., 27, were all arrested in connection to the crimes. Nicholas Prugo, 18, was arrested last month and has been formally accused of the Lohan and Audrina Patridge burglaries.

Prosecutors charged Prugo Wednesday with five more felony counts of first-degree burglary for a total of seven; Tamayo with two counts; and Ames, Neiers and Lopez with one count each, according to People.

Prosecutors estimate that more than $3 million in jewelry, designer clothes and accessories were stolen between late 2008 and September 2009, but have declined to formally charge Lee for now, pending further investigation, People reported.

LAPD also announced that other celebrities were burglarized, including
Megan Fox, Brian Austin Green and Ashley Tisdale.

Paris Hilton, Lohan, Rachel Bilson, Patridge and Orlando Bloom were previously confirmed as burglary victims, People said.

A source told People that Green and Fox did not realize they were burglarized until Green’s stolen handgun was retrieved from one of the suspect’s homes. Police traced the gun back to Green, who realized a Rolex Submariner watch had been stolen.

The source said the burglary ring conducted surveillance on other celebrity homes including Zac Efron and DJ AM’s residences.

The LAPD added a seventh suspect called “Johnny Dangerously” is on the run. Convicted drug trafficking felon, Jonathan Ajar, 27, is considered armed and dangerous, and is believed to be hiding out in the Phoenix, Ariz., area, according to People.

LAPD showed a photo Wednesday of 80 pieces of jewelry belonging to Hilton that were allegedly recovered from Ajar’s home, People reported.

Hilton has since recovered most of her stolen items. The source confirms that Bilson has also gotten some of her lost possessions back.

I hope Lindsay’s belongings are eventually returned as well.

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Nicholas Prugo, 18, was arrested last month and has been formally accused of the Lindsay Lohan and Audrina Patridge burglaries. Lindsay’s house was robbed in August.

In a sting Thursday, Rachel Lee (considered the ring leader), 19, Diana Tamayo, 19, Courtney Ames, 18, Alexis Neiers, 18, and Roy Lopez, Jr., 27, were all arrested in connection to the crimes, according to People.

According to the authorities and sources, the teens and their circle of friends have launched a crime spree that targeted celebrities in which thousands of dollars in designer clothes, jewelry and other luxury items were taken, People said.

Allegedly, the gang located the addresses of celebrities using Hollywood star maps and the Internet and calculated when the stars wouldn’t be home based on their appearance schedules, People reported.

Though Prugo has not yet entered a plea in his case, his attorney Sean Erenstoft told People:

“I commend the LAPD for apprehending the major culprits in these capers, and I’m confident that Mr. Prugo will be found to have had a limited role in this case,” Sean said.

Neirs declared her innocence to TMZ:

“The only reason they came to my house was because they thought I was holding property for Nick [Prugo], they even searched my house and found nothing. I’m innocent in all of this and feel terrible for all the people who got robbed,” she told TMZ.

Lee was arrested in Las Vegas, while the others were picked up in the Los Angeles area. Police said they recovered some of the stolen property as a result of the search warrants that were executed. They also found three firearms and a large amount of narcotics, People reported.

Each of the suspects, except for Lee, was booked for residential burglary, with bail set at $50,000 each, while Lee was held on $3,000 bail for possession of stolen property, People reported. As of Saturday afternoon, Tamayo and Lopez remain behind bars. Ames and Neiers posted bail soon after their arrest, while Lee may be in the process of being transferred back to Los Angeles, People said.

Want to hear something really crazy? Neirs, 18, is actually involved in talks for a E! reality TV show pilot called The Arlington Family.

“Shooting began several days ago and will continue for the next few weeks. We are concerned by recent events, awaiting further details and will be monitoring the situation closely,” an E! spokesman said.

After posting bail, Neirs was picked up by her sister Playboy model Tess Taylor, who showed up at the jail Friday with a camera crew in tow. According to People, Taylor and Neirs use Arlington as their last name.

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