'Bling Ring' Burglar Accused Of Stalking, Soliciting Rape

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A man convicted in two "bling ring" burglaries of celebrities' homes is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on charges of stalking and soliciting the rape of a West Hollywood esthetician.

Nicholas Prugo was charged with three felony counts of stalking and one count of solicitation to commit sexual assault. He is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday and prosecutors say they will ask his bail to be set at $485,000.

Prugo, 24, who was arrested Tuesday by Los Angeles police, previously served a year behind bars for break-ins at the homes of actress Lindsay Lohan and reality TV star Audrina Patridge.

Co-defendant Edward Feinstein, 31, is free on $450,000 bail and is set to be arraigned Oct. 6 on the same charges, according to the District Attorney's Office.

Dawn DaLuise, the alleged victim, was acquitted in January of solicitation of murder and solicitation of assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury involving rival business owner Gabriel Suarez.

DaLuise had wrongly convinced herself that Suarez was responsible for stalking her, Deputy District Attorney Christine Von Helmont said. Someone had distributed sexually explicit fliers and posted ads on Craigslist posing as DaLuise and soliciting males to act out a "rape fantasy."

Prosecutors say that Prugo and Feinstein were actually the people harassing DaLuise and her two adult daughters between Dec. 1, 2013, and April 1, 2014.

Prugo and Feinstein allegedly posted an ad online in January 2014, soliciting someone to go to DaLuise's home and rape her, according to prosecutors. The two were initially arrested last year in connection with the allegations, but were released as the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Fraud and Cyber Crimes unit continued to investigate.

Prugo -- who was one of six people convicted of charges stemming from the "bling ring" case -- could face up to 14 years in state prison if found guilty in the stalking case.

Feinstein faces a maximum of seven years in county jail if he is convicted of the charges, according to the District Attorney's Office.

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