Posted on 12/03/2021 3:45:24 AM PST by grundle
The Los Angeles District Attorney announced Tuesday that a man is facing four separate felony cases for stealing over a dozen cars within a three month period.
Jose Enrique Esquivel faces 14 felony counts for auto thefts between the March 30 and June 15.
Esquivel, 24, was reportedly arrested on March 30 for stealing a truck and then immediately released following coronavirus emergency bail schedule – which sought to reduce jail populations during the pandemic.
“The defendant was again arrested for either driving or attempting to steal a truck but released on April 28, May 8, twice on May 14, May 20, May 23, May 27, June 6, June 8, June 13 and June 15,” Ricardo Santiago, a public information officier, said in a release Tuesday.
Esquivel has been charged with 12 counts of “driving or taking a vehicle without consent” and for second-degree burglary in another case.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Trina Schrader called Esquivel “a prolific car thief who victimized vehicle owners with modest incomes,” a local news outlet reported.
Schrader asked anyone to come forward if they think they were a victim of Esquivel’s theft.
"Suspect Esquivel showed little regard for the owners of these vehicles, who many times depended on these stolen vehicles as their sole means of transportation,” Schrader said Tuesday.
The defendant was previously convicted of “convicted of driving or taking a vehicle without consent” twice in 2017 and twice again in 2018 and 2019.
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Charges should be unapproved vehicle borrowing....$20 fine
Sounds like California Justice is boasting of the success of its policies!
Prove me wrong!
Soros PAID for these AGs.
No accountability for the REAL criminal(s).
It cracks me up that some cities have made illegal to warm up your own car in your own driveway/carport, because that makes the vehicle a target for theft. Sometimes this is done under the ruse of “Global Warming”.
Democrats turn these pedps loose on purpose. They are doing it to break down society and destroy the Constitution.
Correct. They need these criminals on the streets to usher in a National Police Force. Then criminals will be shot on sight along with a few innocent people as an example.
The problem isn’t bail; it’s failure to prosecute, convict, and keep recidivists in jail. Conservatives who became soft on crime contributed to this problem.
ILLEGAL????
Distraction Attorneys more like it.
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