What happens to retail theft ringleaders? | TOUGHER ON CRIME - CHAPTER 2
In the lead-up to the election, California Governor Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta publicized thousands of statewide organized retail theft arrests, but what the press releases didn't say is what happens to the retail theft ring leaders after the arrests.
No one could tell us how many of those people arrested for organized retail theft were actually sentenced, let alone how many went to jail, received treatment, or reoffended.
It turned out no one was keeping track. So we tracked down a few ourselves.