Posted on 05/05/2020 10:15:41 PM PDT by L.A.Justice
GLENDORA, Calif. (KABC) -- Glendora police this week arrested and released a man for allegedly stealing cars and other property three times in the same day, blaming California's new zero-bail policy for their inability to keep the suspect behind bars.
In early April, the California Judicial Council established a new policy setting bail at zero for most misdemeanor and low-level felonies to keep the jail population lower during the coronavirus crisis.
As a result, Glendora police say, they were unable to keep a car theft suspect in custody, and ended up arresting him three times in the span of 12 hours for separate thefts, the final one resulting in a car chase.
The first arrest was Wednesday morning, after officers responded at 8:28 a.m. to a report of a man trying to break into vehicles on South Grand Avenue. By the time officers got there, the man was allegedly driving off in a stolen vehicle. Police arrested the suspect, and say he also had stolen property and drugs with him.
The suspect was identified as Dijon Landrum, 24, from Monterey Park.
Glendora police arrested Landrum, but say they were unable to keep him behind bars because of the state zero-bail policy. Landrum was issued a citation and released.
Only an hour after he was released, police got a call about a man walking around a neighborhood near Bennett and Pennsylvania, carrying a box and walking through front yards. He was allegedly picking up items from the yards and putting them in the box as he walked through the neighborhood.
Officers showed up and found Landrum in the neighborhood with stolen items in his possession. Again, he was issued a citation and released.
Later that night, at 8:49 p.m., police were called about a vehicle that had been stolen from a parking lot in the 1300 block of South Grand Avenue. With help from the Sheriff's Department and the CHP, authorities tracked down the vehicle heading westbound on the 10 Freeway in La Puente.
They chased the driver and eventually caught up to him in Pasadena and again arrested Landrum, for possession of a stolen vehicle and for evading officers. Once again, he was issued a citation and released.
The zero-bail policy was established as California jails and prisons cope with outbreaks of coronavirus among the inmate population.
In places like the Terminal Island federal facility in San Pedro, there have been at least five inmate deaths and hundreds of cases among inmates and staff.
OK, what if...What if this guy committed a murder after getting a first citation?
Glendora is a nice city in Los Angeles County...I have been to the city many times...It is far away from City of Los Angeles...
This criminal came to Glendora from Monterey Park to commit crime...
Criminal suspects released because of the no bail policy go and commit more crimes??? I’m sure this turn of events was completely unpredictable.
Sarcasm.
Gives new meaning to the old phrase “round up the usual suspects”.
This would be seriously mocked if the Babylon Bee made it up.
Only California could do something this incredibly stupid. Except, maybe, New York ... ... or Chicago.
It’s getting harder to make an argument against Vigilantism.
I say shoot that son-of-a-bitch. No bail. Suffering from lead poisoning. Why are we putting up with these worthless overlords? Can’t shoot the the suspect? Okay, shoot the politicians instead. Better use of precious ammo.
I say keep it up and keep it in cali. News like this pushes dems, who have any brains left at all, over the edge and out of the state. Congrats newsome! Excellent job boy!
shoot
shovel
shut up.
The criminality in the new lack of Justice System now accrues to the Judicary themselve
They are tone deaf to to oncoming increasing risk to themselves.
Stupid they are.
” I say keep it up and keep it in cali. News like this pushes Dems, who have any brains left at all, over the edge and out of the state. “
Well, NO !
Pushing Dems (who have any brains at all, are you serious?) out of the state extends their malignancy to other ‘somewhat healthy states. Colorado gone, AZ MT, TX well infected by CA Dems; VA lost from DC and NC, FL from the northeast also seriously infested.
Well, Dijon Landrum really can “cut the mustard”, can’t he and get away with it?
If evading the police (i.e. police chase), in many states the perp can be charged with “felony evading” (learned this on “Live PD” show).Enough felony charges should put him in jail on a high bail as a safety/health risk to society. But then again, it is Commiefornia where half the judges are reds or liberal fools, some police/sheriffs are leftist Soros-type bought hacks or on a sexual identity guest for machismo liberalism and social justice crap.
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