A former La Jolla real estate agent was sentenced April 26 to 180 days in jail for stealing jewelry and credit cards from a couple who took him in after he lost his real estate company. He was ordered to pay nearly $37,000 in restitution. Steven Swilley, 49, who is also known as Steven Swilley-Francoeur, has a projected release date of Aug. 20, according to the San Diego Sheriff’s Department. He had been free on $25,000 bond, but was remanded into custody by San Diego Superior Court Judge Theodore Weathers. Deputy District Attorney John Cross said Swilley stole “because of drugs,” specifically methamphetamine. “He steals their money. Their credit cards to go to Nieman Marcus,” Cross said. Lance Rygg said he and his wife took Swilley into their home when he lost a place to live in 2010. “He paid us back by stealing all the jewelry in our house,” Rygg told the judge. Cross asked the judge for a one-year jail term. “He’s a sweet-talker, manipulator.” Cross said. According to the probation report, Swilley sold the items he got from Neiman Marcus and the couple to use for money to purchase drugs. He is banned from returning to Neiman Marcus, Target and Ralph’s supermarket. Weathers placed him on three years of probation and ordered him not to drink alcohol for three years. He was ordered to pay a fine of more than $1,300, probation costs and fees for a court-appointed attorney, according to court records. He pleaded guilty to burglary and identity theft on March 7 and six other burglary charges were dismissed.