An East Hollywood woman who had been dubbed one of the “Discount Bitcoin Bandits” pleaded no contest Thursday to a second-degree robbery charge. Precious Lanay Fitzgerald, 29, is facing 10 years in state prison and $85,715 in restitution to five victims, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Fitzgerald also admitted allegations that a handgun was used during the crime and that she had a prior conviction for assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm. She is set to be sentenced Nov. 22 in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom. Co-defendant Lawillie Joshua Hall, 23, of East Hollywood, ... (full story)