Posted on 10/28/2024 7:02:04 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Local law enforcement in a Florida county announced the arrest of over 100 people who committed looting and similar crimes in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, with at least 41 of these suspects being illegal aliens.
As reported by Fox News, police officers on patrol for looters in Pinellas County have made the arrests over the course of the last three weeks. A total of 45 suspects were arrested on 68 different charges, ranging from robbery and burglary to grand theft, vandalism, and trespassing.
“They’re going into people’s homes, they’re taking stuff, they’re rummaging through their things,” said Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri at a press conference announcing the arrests.
Another 58 were arrested for their involvement in a scam operation that preyed upon unlicensed contractors. The scammers would send fake bills to victims, demanding that they pay for repairs that they didn’t actually do; their fake bills collectively totaled $250 million.
“This is the epitome of people trying to exploit others when they’re down and when they’re out, and they’re trying to rebuild and they’ve got nothing,” Gualtieri continued.
Of the 45 looters who were arrested, 41 were illegals, mostly from Latin America.
In addition, the sheriff’s office has made contact with at least 196 suspects who were roaming in beachside neighborhoods where they did not belong, but could not arrest them due to a lack of probable cause. Of those suspects, at least 63 were illegal aliens.
“So, we made contact with them and told them to get out,” said Gualtieri. “We’ve never seen anything of this magnitude before. We’ve never seen this influx of people from out of the area that are clearly just here to steal and to pilfer and to do bad things and to target these vulnerable people.”
“As the Pinellas beaches recover, we are going to continue these patrols and arrest everyone we can who is stealing from the vulnerable victims of two back-to-back storms that have devastated our community,” Gualtieri added.
They are not sending us their best and finest.
Now to deport them all.
Wow that is weird- I thought sure that they would be there helping the devastated homeowners to clear the debri away and do lawn maintenance and help rebuild when the time comes /s
Oh and pres Biden slammed Elon Musk for “working in the US illegally as a non citizen” at some point. Elon shoulda say “yeah? Well, I was just doing the Jon that no citizens wanted to do!” Biden, showing once again his extreme hypocrisy
The MSM and Democrats deny/ignore it.
The New America! Illegal alien thieves are our strength. They’re even helping with the “cleanup” after the hurricanes.
Should be the Death Penalty for looting in a disaster area.
The Invaders of America. BLM’s sistah looters organization.
“So, we made contact with them and told them to get out,” said Gualtieri. “We’ve never seen anything of this magnitude before. We’ve never seen this influx of people from out of the area that are clearly just here to steal and to pilfer and to do bad things and to target these vulnerable people.”
Whatever happened to Looters will be shot on Sight?
You have to be in your home if you’re going to be fortunate enough to shoot a looter. Many of these unfortunate folks cannot live in their mostly destroyed homes.
We used to shoot people that did that.
The open borders policy of Biden/Harris has brought the Third World to the USA.
Yes, deport them! I wish Trump would also make it public that the very first to be deported, even before the murderers, will be those who voted in our election. He should also say that they will not be landing in their home country but would be airdropped about a mile out to sea.
If you can't deport them, use them for shark bait.
RESIST their redefinitions.
Whatever happened to the grand tradition of shooting looters? It really cuts down on recidivsm.
Of the 45 looters who were arrested, 41 were illegals, mostly from Latin America.
Biden Harris and MSM call out the racism card.
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