SANTA ANA (CNS) – A 35-year-old Mission Viejo man pleaded not guilty today to stealing thousands of dollars worth of Oakley sunglasses from a Lake Forest store while working there. Â
Esdras Joel LagunasHernandez pleaded not guilty to a felony count of grand theft by employee at his arraignment in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana and was ordered to return to court Jan. 12 for a pretrial hearing at the Harbor Justice Center in Newport Beach. Â
Co-defendant Gilbert Jabrica Baldovino, 63, pleaded guilty April 20 to a felony count of receiving stolen property and was placed on two years of formal probation. As part of his plea deal, he agreed to pay $1,000 monthly to Luxottica Retail for 44 months, according to court records. Â
LagunasHernandez was charged in the criminal complaint, which was filed Feb. 9, but wasn’t arrested until Tuesday, according to court records.
