When police arrived to check the home the next day, the suspects were still there, drinking the homeowners' wine and wearing newly purchased clothing, according to a police report.

Xan Kali lost her job as a victim counselor for the Salt Lake County District Attorney's Office after she was charged with second-degree felony burglary and third-degree felony counts of criminal mischief and credit card fraud.

On Tuesday, the 42-year-old woman pleaded no contest to reduced class A misdemeanor charges of attempted burglary, attempted criminal mischief and attempted illegal use of a credit card.

Third District Judge Ann Boyden ordered the plea to the credit card charge held in abeyance for a year, after which it will be dismissed. On the two other counts, the judge sentenced Kali to 36 months probation, 70 hours of community service and ordered her to pay a share of the restitution.

Kali's co-defendants, two 17-year-old girls and two men, also have been sentenced to probation.

Deputy Davis County Attorney Steven Major, who handled the case for Salt Lake County prosecutors, said trial evidence would have shown that on July 1, 2006, the five defendants - one of them the daughter of the homeowners - broke into the residence while the owners were away in St. George.

They smashed open a safe by dropping it from a second-story window, damaged a car trying to hot-wire it and stole credit cards they found in an office area, according to Major.

The homeowners' daughter used the credit cards to buy clothing and gifts for everyone at The Gateway, including a Build-A-Bear for Kali, Major said.

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