SCRANTON, Pa. — SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania couple have been charged in a burglary spree that prosecutors say netted them nearly $1 million in cash and property.
Prosecutors say Francis Smith and Dorri Smith ransacked 26 homes and a business in four counties between November 2016 and September 2017. Prosecutors say their haul was more than $100,000 in cash and more than $800,000 in property, including expensive watches, oil paintings, rugs, jewelry and firearms.
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Dorri Smith's attorney, Curt Parkins, says the DA is blowing the case out of proportion. He says his client "bears the lease amount of culpability of anybody involved."
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Lackawanna County District Attorney Mark Powell on Wednesday called them a "modern-day Bonnie and Clyde."
Francis Smith's attorney didn't immediately return a phone message.
Both defendants are being held without bail.