Police: Hilton's home burglarized, jewelry missing

[December 20, 2008]  LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles police are investigating a burglary at Paris Hilton's home they say left her bedroom ransacked and about $2 million in jewelry missing.

Los Angeles police Officer Julianne Sohn said the break-in occurred around 5 a.m. Friday at Hilton's home in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles. Sohn says detectives report that a man wearing a hooded sweat shirt and gloves broke in through the home's front door and ransacked Hilton's bedroom.

Hilton was not at home at the time. She had been photographed the previous night at several LA nightspots.

Hilton's publicist, Elliot Mintz, said he had no information to release Friday afternoon.

[Associated Press]

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