‘New Laws:’ Shoplifting California Girls Confused When Arrested, Cop Video Shows
A California girl appeared shocked and confused that she could be charged with a felony for shoplifting as her accomplice explained the state has “new laws,” police video shows. On Monday, the Seal Beach Police Department in Orange County published a compilation of security, police body cam, and police dash cam footage that shows three ...
A California girl appeared shocked and confused that she could be charged with a felony for shoplifting as her accomplice explained the state has “new laws,” police video shows.
On Monday, the Seal Beach Police Department in Orange County published a compilation of security, police body cam, and police dash cam footage that shows three young women allegedly stealing products from an Ulta Beauty and a Kohl’s.
The girls allegedly walked out with $648 worth of products from Ulta and at least $237 from Kohl’s.
The footage shows police chasing the girls down in a parking lot, handcuffing them, and putting them in the back of a cop car.
“It’s a felony?” one girl asks her friend as they are strapped in the cop car together.
“B***h, new laws,” her friend responds. “Stealing is a felony.”
“And this is Orange County, b***h, they don’t play,” she continued. “That’s why I asked, ‘what county is it?’ That’s where I went to jail last year and had to get on probation for a year for stealing out of Target.”
The short video is set to “These Boots Are Made For Walkin'” by Nancy Sinatra and at one point it playfully zooms in on the very furry Uggs one of the alleged shoplifters is wearing.
“One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you,” the song says, and also, “You’ve been messin’ where you shouldn’t have been messin.'”
The Seal Beach Police Department warned would-be criminals in the caption of the video not to try their luck.
“One of mother’s favorite songs and a friendly reminder that Proposition 36, which increases punishments for some retail theft and drug possession offenses, went into effect Wednesday morning in California,” the police department wrote.
Last month during the election, nearly 70% of California voted to pass Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime ballot measure that reverses some of the changes made by a 2014 ballot measure, which turned certain nonviolent felonies into misdemeanors and shortened prison sentences.
Afterward, retail theft skyrocketed in California. Theft of products worth $950 or less was only a misdemeanor under Proposition 47, but Proposition 36 reverses that to make it a felony if the person has two prior convictions for certain crimes.
The measure was specifically targeted at retail theft, including “flash mobs,” where groups of thieves overwhelm a store.
“Here in Seal Beach we never believed in the cite and release program, but this new proposition only strengthens our commitment to combatting Organized Retail Theft,” the police department wrote.
“Remember folks, Don’t Steal in Seal,” the department added.
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