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Rolex-obsessed thief to be sentenced in Florida

By Associated Press
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KISSIMMEE, Florida — A Florida thief with a peculiar penchant for Rolex watches faces up to 25 years in prison.

Leonardo Perez has pleaded guilty to charges he stole eight gold Rolex Presidential edition watches, each worth $50,000, over four months in 2007. The crime spree began just after Perez finished a 17-year sentence for stealing Rolexes in South Florida.

The 36-year-old Miami native is so loyal he even has the Rolex logo tattooed on a forearm, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

He primarily found victims out shopping, followed them home and robbed them at gunpoint, the newspaper said.

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