A Colombian man living in the United States illegally has pleaded guilty to a federal charge for participating in an armed robbery at a Beverly Hills hotel and belonging to a robbery crew that possessed a firearm registered to former Los Angeles Police Department officer turned cop killer Christopher Dorner.
According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, 22-year-old Jamer Mauricio Sepulveda Salazar pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by robbery in accordance with the Hobbs Act on Monday.
The robbery occurred on Aug. 7, 2024, at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and involved Sepulveda and a co-defendant, 20-year-old Jesus Eduardo Bryan Padron Rojas, a Venezuelan man also in the country illegally.
In the incident, Sepulveda and Padron – who were 21 and 19 at the time of the crime – approached a man identified in court documents as “T.A.” while he was sitting on the patio of THE Blvd restaurant, located within the upscale Beverly Wilshire Hotel.
The men held “T.A.” at gunpoint on the patio and stole his Patek Philippe watch, valued at $1 million, before fleeing in a Toyota Corolla said to be driven by Sepulveda.
L.A. County District Attorney officials stated that the two suspects, both of whom are part of a South American robbery crew, had cased the area for two days before the robbery searching for victims.
“The crew coincidentally stumbled upon another victim walking in Beverly Hills wearing a $30,000 Rolex wristwatch,” the DA’s office said in a release issued Monday. “A member of Sepulveda’s crew stole that wristwatch at gunpoint.”
Investigators quickly learned that the robbery crew was staying at an Airbnb in Exposition Park, and a search warrant was executed that turned up multiple firearms.
A search warrant executed at an Airbnb in Exposition Park in connection with an armed robbery where a gun registered to former LAPD Officer and Navy Reservist Christopher Dorner was found on Aug. 10, 2024. (ANG) 
Ex-LAPD officer turned fugitive, Christopher Jordan Dorner. (Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images)
One of the guns located, a loaded Glock .45-caliber handgun, was formerly registered to ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner, infamously known for committing a string of murders before he died in a shootout with law enforcement in February 2013.
It is unclear how the gun ended up in the possession of the robbery crew.
Sepulveda, who has been in federal custody since August 2024, is facing a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II scheduled a July 14 sentencing hearing.
Criminal charges are still pending against Padron.
