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  2. Retail crime 'queenpin' to pay millions in restitution to ...

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    Last year, Bonta filed a slew of felony charges against Mack and her husband, alleging they ran what his office called a sprawling retail crime ring that led to an estimated $8 million in stolen ...

  3. Governor Gavin Newsom signs bill toughening California’s ...

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    The retail theft package was crafted in part to fend off Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime ballot measure that, ... Stealing property worth $950 or more will result in a felony theft charge ...

  4. Ahead of Proposition 36 vote, state data show California is ...

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    The Attorney General then dismissed all but one of those charges, including the charge of Organized Retail Theft. We reached out to Bonta's office to ask about his decision to dismiss the 28 charges.

  5. Theft of services - Wikipedia

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    Another common form is using another entity's dumpster without their permission, as this creates an expense to the party paying for the service. [2] Theft of this sort should not be confused with reasonable rejection, where, for example, a customer does not pay because the services provided were not as advertised or because the services did not ...

  6. Protection racket - Wikipedia

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    A protection racket is a type of racket and a scheme of organized crime perpetrated by a potentially hazardous organized crime group that generally guarantees protection outside the sanction of the law to another entity or individual from violence, robbery, ransacking, arson, vandalism, and other such threats, in exchange for payments at regular intervals.

  7. 2014 California Proposition 47 - Wikipedia

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    This proposed initiative suggests that individuals convicted of a third theft involving property valued at $250 could face felony charges. California's business community has criticized the state's criminal justice policies, particularly Proposition 47, which reclassified certain crimes, like theft of items under $950, from felonies to ...

  8. California Legislature passes bills to curb retail theft over ...

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    The district attorneys' more punitive approach that seeks to charge people with felonies for repeated theft and fentanyl offenses will appear on the November ballot as Proposition 36, while the ...

  9. Retailers use police-like investigation centers to fight ...

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    Ferguson said organized retail crime cases are inherently complex to investigate and prosecute, especially for local agencies with limited resources, so public-private partnerships are a necessity.