A father and son were sentenced in Rappahannock County Circuit Court last Thursday after pleading guilty to grand larceny in connection with the March theft of an estimated $9,600 worth of jewelry at Dragonfly Gems in Sperryville.
Judge Grace Carroll sentenced Zabal Boldiszar, 23, and his father, Zabar Anghel, 41, each to five years in prison, with four years and six months suspended, two years of supervised probation and $2,000 each in restitution to be paid to the victim, store owner Eugenia Irwin, in accordance with plea agreements each accepted. A conspiracy to commit grand larceny charge against the son was not prosecuted.
Boldiszar and Anghel were arrested in July on charges of grand larceny of $1,000 or more, and conspiracy to commit grand larceny after two bracelets and one ring were found missing at the store March 23.
During an interview with law enforcement on July 3, Anghel admitted to being in the store with Boldiszar, according to court records, and said Boldiszar took the jewelry. In a subsequent interview, Boldiszar admitted to taking one of the bracelets and “trading it for drugs,” the records said.
“I’m really sorry for what happened and what I have done. I shouldn’t have done it,” Boldiszar told the judge, through a Romanian interpreter, wiping away tears with the sleeve of his jail uniform. “I just want to go back to my country.”
Anghel also apologized to the judge: “Thousands of apologies for what happened,” he said.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Art Goff said Boldiszar and Anghel have pending charges related to thefts in other jurisdictions in Virginia and out of state. He added that immigration consequences are “very likely,” and the Romanian citizens may be deported before they can complete probation.
“The issue here is a practical one … a lot of it is in flux,” Goff said. “But if [Boldiszar] remains, he’ll be responsible … but if immigration deports him, that’s kind of end game for us.”
“If you are in this country, you will be on probation,” the judge told Boldiszar from the bench.
