{"id":2389323,"date":"2025-01-12T10:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T15:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-criminals-learn-of-new-california-theft-law-the-hard-way\/"},"modified":"2025-01-12T10:18:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T15:18:22","slug":"watch-criminals-learn-of-new-california-theft-law-the-hard-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-criminals-learn-of-new-california-theft-law-the-hard-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Criminals Learn of New California Theft Law the Hard Way"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fwatch-criminals-learn-of-new-california-theft-law-the-hard-way%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=2389323&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--><p>California has recently enacted new laws concerning \u200ctheft, a change that \u2064was supported by \u2062voters through \u200bthe approval of Proposition 36 in the elections of November. This law\u200d introduces harsher penalties for repeat offenders\u200b and those\u200b who \u200csteal multiple items\u200b at once. \u2063As a \u2063result, police departments,\u2062 notably the Seal Beach police Department, have reported an increase \u2064in arrests and \u200bhave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/larose-rakes-in-more-than-1-million-three-months-after-launching-ohio-senate-bid\/\" title=\"LaRose earns over M just 3 months into Ohio Senate campaign.\">utilized social\u2064 media<\/a> to highlight these captures.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent Instagram video, the police\u2064 showcased three alleged thieves who were apprehended while stealing. The individuals displayed shock upon realizing the severity\u200b of the\u200b new laws, with one questioning why they wouldn&#8217;t simply receive a citation. Officers explained that in orange \u2064County, the\u200c approach to theft is\u200c more stringent compared to Los Angeles county, leading to a direct \u2064consequence of incarceration rather than immediate release.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c montage shared by the police underscores \u2064the importance\u2063 of enforcing laws to \u2063deter \u2062criminal behavior. The thieves, previously emboldened by lenient laws, were caught\u200c off \u2064guard by the new legal standards, illustrating that stricter enforcement can influence people&#8217;s actions and\u2062 perceptions of risk in \u2062committing theft. The hope is that these changes will lead to\u200c a\u2063 reconsideration of their choices and a \u2064reduction in\u2062 petty crime.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>California recently had a change in law related to theft, allowing one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-police-officer-discovers-young-man-walking-to-work-offers-him-life-changing-gift\/\" title=\"Flashback: Police Officer Discovers Young Man Walking to Work, Offers Him Life-Changing Gift\">police department<\/a> in the Golden State to take a victory lap after years of enduring relentless petty crimes under the old statutes.<\/p>\n<p>In the elections this past November, California voters approved <a href=\"https:\/\/voterguide.sos.ca.gov\/propositions\/36\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Proposition 36<\/a> in a landslide, creating harsher penalties for repeat thieves, as well as more severe consequences for thieves who steal several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atf-investigating-lapds-botched-detonation-of-seized-explosives\/\" title=\"ATF Investigating LAPD\u2019s Botched Detonation Of Seized Explosives\">smaller items<\/a> at a time.<\/p>\n<p>That has allowed police in California to make more arrests &mdash; and for the Seal Beach Police Department to turn those arrests into some snazzy social media content.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of last year, a video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/footage-shows-shoplifting-suspect-learn-tougher-new-laws-hard-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted on Instagram<\/a> by the agency showed three <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">apparent thieves allegedly snatching items<\/a> from multiple stores before they encountered the cops.<\/p>\n<p>Two of those suspects only realized when they were handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser that the law had changed significantly.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>But a fan account for the Seal Beach Police Department made an entire montage of such criminals apparently getting mugged by reality.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a petty theft!&rdquo; the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-immigrant-from-hong-kong-fights-for-election-integrity-in-san-francisco-bay-area\/\" title=\"Democrat Immigrant From Hong Kong Fights For Election Integrity In SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA\">alleged thief<\/a> protested. &ldquo;Orange County prosecutes for theft,&rdquo; the officer informed him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So why wouldn&rsquo;t it just be a cite and release?&rdquo; the next alleged thief in the montage asked. &ldquo;Because this is Orange County. This is not L.A. County. We don&rsquo;t cite and release,&rdquo; an officer told her.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>WARNING: The following video contains vulgar language that may offend some readers.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Montage of criminals begging for &ldquo;cite and release&rdquo; but they&rsquo;re told: &ldquo;This is Orange County, not LA.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OKEL32N9lx\">pic.twitter.com\/OKEL32N9lx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin Hart (@justin_hart) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justin_hart\/status\/1876282693669028308?\">January 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We going to County, or am I getting a ticket?&rdquo; the third asked. &ldquo;You go to County. They&rsquo;ll release you from there,&rdquo; an officer replied.<\/p>\n<p>There were several other similar interactions in that very brief montage.<\/p>\n<p>The video, which is less than a minute long, teaches a valuable lesson about law enforcement: The law defines good and bad conduct, and the incentives created by laws and enforced by law enforcement matter for the peace and tranquility of society.<\/p>\n<p>The thieves in the montage were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-crime-ridden-la-da-sits-15000-unfiled-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">encouraged to steal<\/a> because the consequences were minimal. They sincerely thought that they could take items, get caught, and then walk away immediately with nothing more than a citation.<\/p>\n<p>But when the laws became more stringent, they realized that their behavior was incongruous with the new standard, and they felt the increased risk of dealing in evil.<\/p>\n<p>That is why the impulse some in our nation have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/crime-ridden-california-progressive-dems-push-newsom-defund-prison-system-1-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dismiss<\/a> nonviolent smaller crimes as not a big deal is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/soft-crime-blue-state-felon-compassionate-release-going-straight-back-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deeply destructive<\/a>. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Ecclesiastes%208%3A11-13&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ecclesiastes 8:11<\/a> said,&rdquo; Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed speedily, the heart of the children of man is fully set to do evil.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now that the sentences are being carried out, hopefully, the thieves will have a change of heart.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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In the November elections, voters overwhelmingly supported Proposition 36, which introduced stricter penalties for repeat offenders and increased consequences for those stealing multiple small items. This change has led to more arrests by California police, including the Seal Beach Police Department, which has shared engaging social media content featuring these arrests. A video posted on Instagram showcased three alleged thieves who were caught stealing from various stores and only realized the law had changed when they were handcuffed in a police car<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2389324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Orange-County-PD.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4045,7204,4901,48357,33462],"class_list":["post-2389323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-california","tag-crime","tag-justice","tag-theft-law","tag-viral-video"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Orange-County-PD.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389323","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389323"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389327,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389323\/revisions\/2389327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}