{"id":1965738,"date":"2023-07-06T15:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T19:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-county-sees-40-surge-in-shoplifting-under-soros-prosecutor\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T15:08:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T19:08:18","slug":"virginia-county-sees-40-surge-in-shoplifting-under-soros-prosecutor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-county-sees-40-surge-in-shoplifting-under-soros-prosecutor\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia county experiences 40% rise in shoplifting with Soros prosecutor."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvirginia-county-sees-40-surge-in-shoplifting-under-soros-prosecutor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1965738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n<h2>Fairfax County, Va., commonwealth&#8217;s attorney Steve Descano (D.) \/ Twitter<\/h2>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Shoplifting Surges in Virginia&#8217;s Largest County<\/h3>\n<p>Shoplifting has seen a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-temporarily-bans-ads-for-weapons-accessories-ahead-of-inauguration-day\/\" title=\"Facebook Temporarily Bans Ads for Weapons Accessories Ahead of Inauguration Day\">significant increase<\/a> of 40 percent compared to last year in Fairfax County, Virginia. This surge comes after a controversial decision by Commonwealth&#8217;s Attorney Steve Descano, who announced in 2020 that his office would not prosecute shoplifting cases under $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>Data from the Fairfax County Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/crime-fairfax-county-police-report-shoplifting-has-increased-417-compared-to-last-year-shopping-malls-grocery-stores-tysons-galleria\">reveals<\/a> that there have been over 1,000 more cases of shoplifting this year compared to the same period last year. In just over six months, there have been 2,592 reported cases. <\/p>\n<p>Descano&#8217;s decision to not prosecute a range of misdemeanors, including shoplifting up to $1,000 in value, has drawn criticism from various sources, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/the-fairfax-prosecutors-decision-to-sit-out-many-misdemeanor-cases-is-a-mistake\/2021\/04\/23\/5ea92bda-a3c0-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html\">Washington Post<\/a> Editorial Board.<\/p>\n<p>Descano, who took office in 2020 with promises of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-county-sees-40-surge-in-shoplifting-under-soros-prosecutor\/\" title=\"Virginia county experiences 40% rise in shoplifting with Soros prosecutor.\">progressive criminal justice reforms<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-may-soften-gun-crime-laws-citing-impact-on-people-of-color\/\" title=\"California May Soften Gun Crime Laws, Citing Impact On People Of Color\">received significant funding<\/a> from left-wing billionaire George Soros and affiliated organizations, totaling over half a million dollars for his primary campaign.<\/p>\n<p>One notable case involved Descano downgrading charges against a man who could have faced over 26 years in prison for abduction and burglary. The man was released after just five months and later arrested for a shooting spree that resulted in the deaths of two homeless men and injuries to three others.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy, Descano recently won the Democratic primary with about 55 percent of the vote, positioning him for a second term as the top prosecutor in deep-blue Fairfax County.<\/p>\n<h3>Organized Retail Theft on the Rise<\/h3>\n<p>Local law enforcement has reported a significant increase in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-looters-storm-a-california-nordstrom-employees-pepper-sprayed-physically-assaulted\/\" title=\"Dozens Of Looters Storm A California Nordstrom; Employees Pepper-Sprayed, Physically Assaulted\">organized retail theft<\/a> in Fairfax County. The Fairfax County Police Department&#8217;s Tysons Urban Team, dedicated to combating retail crime, recovered over $930,000 worth of stolen merchandise last year. By mid-June this year, they had already recovered over $530,000, surpassing the average of $400,000 over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>In response to this growing issue, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin signed a bill in March that classifies organized retail theft, involving stealing more than $5,000 with the intent to sell, as a Class 3 Felony. Offenders now face a minimum of five years in prison and up to a $100,000 fine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shoplifting in Virginia&#8217;s largest county, Fairfax County, rose by 40% compared to the previous year. The surge follows the decision of Steve Descano, a George Soros-funded prosecutor, to not prosecute shoplifting cases under $1,000. Data from the Fairfax County Police Department shows over 1,000 additional shoplifting cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2083,"featured_media":1965739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1965738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2083"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1965738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1965739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1965738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1965738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1965738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}