(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.

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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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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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The source also said one of the alleged suspects — Rachel J. Lee — is under investigation for the $2 million jewelry heist at Paris Hilton’s home last year and of possibly being the crime ringleader.

A LAPD spokesman has yet to confirm the arrests, however, People reported.

Patridge’s home was broken into on Feb. 23, while Lindsay’s home was burglarized on Aug. 23 with an estimated $128,000 in jewelry, designer clothes and accessories taken, People reported.

The crackdown follows the arrest in September of alleged suspect Nicholas Prugo, 18, who has been accused in both burglaries.

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The 1,176 square foot, three bedroom, two bath home  is within walking distance to cafes and restaurants. The paparazzi is very familiar with the address – following Lindsay there many times in the past. Because there was no real security only a privacy fence, the paparazzi were a little too close for comfort – prompting the move.

Samantha moved out of the house in late August about the same time Lindsay moved out of her home after the burglary. When Lindsay returns from Paris, she should be moving to her high-rise apartment with security.

According to Radaronline.com, Samantha’s old home featured a designer kitchen, upgraded bathrooms, a large fireplace, high ceilings and an interior balcony that overlooks the living room.

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A second of three burglary suspects

A source close to alleged burglary suspect Rachel Lee told E! that Lee voluntarily turned herslef in on Sept. 18 after hearing the accusations against her. Three suspects are wanted in the burglaries of Lindsay’s and Audrina Patridge’s homes.

 The first suspect Nicholas Prugo was arrested by police on Sept. 17.

The police have yet to confirm that Lee has turned herself into authorities, but an official announcement is expected today.

Hopefully for Lindsay, this will soon be resolved. I wonder what’s going on about the third suspect in the burglary?

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