COVELO (AP) — A man arrested in Northern California for allegedly burglarizing at least two businesses faces the unusual charge of looting during a state of emergency — a charge that carries an enhanced sentence of at least six months in jail.
Criminal penalties for common shoplifting and theft are greatly enhanced under California’s looting law, officials said, with violations punishable by incarceration for up to three years and a fines up to $10,000. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of six months in county jail.
MORE
If the dude was busting into businesses you know he ain't got $10 let alone $10,000. And 6 months in the can assures him of 3 hots & a cot plus morning sex. The only realistic answer to eliminating the problem is extermination.
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to the catch and release out in Kalifornia? Is it based on unpublished criteria that is not available to us normal folk (taxpayers).
ReplyDeleteNice👍 I love it when dumbasses fuck themselves.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the point in arresting him? He'll be let out of jail the next morning on NO BAIL only to re-offend in a NY minute. The rule of law is dead in Califruitopia. The cops should have made him put anything he took back and repaired the damage he did breaking in, then sent him on his with a stern tongue lashing for all the they did in arresting him.
ReplyDeleteNemo
"He'll be let out of jail the next morning"-
DeleteNot necessarily true, Nemo. A homeless guy trying to cook his hotdogs up in Truckee, CA last Sunday is still in jail. He's charge with 'Arson: State of Insurrection', CA Penal Code 454(a)(1). His bail is $75,000.
So what's more ridiculous, being charged with arson for cooking hot dogs or being let out of jail on no bail for B & E? The arson charge smacks of the cops/prosecutors overcharging because the legislature has lost it mind, perhaps that's the same motivation for the looting charge.
DeleteWho says the criminal justice system in Califruitopia isn't innovative?
Nemo