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San Francisco’s Retail Theft Crackdown | Oakland News
San Francisco’s war on retail theft just got techier and tougher—with drones, real-time surveillance, and 22 arrests in one night. Prosecutors are now pursuing felony charges against repeat offenders, filing over 100 cases tied to prior convictions. But a California Supreme Court ruling threatens to upend the strategy: it declares pre-trial detention for non-violent theft suspects based on inability to pay bail unconstitutional. The fallout? Defendants like a Walgreens thief accused of 18 thefts—released twice, allegedly committing seven more crimes before his third arrest—could walk free…
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