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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So, they are going to change the laws to accommodate one 12-year who steals cars? It doesn't sound like it's that much of a problem if there's only one single person at that age stealing cars.[/quote]

He's the one who made the news. The news organizations around here suck. Not the reporters' faults. They don't get paid the way they used to. But almost nothing that's happening in the community makes the news anymore.

Did you see the press release about the IRS, Homeland Security, and MCPD working together to break up the shoplifting ring?  A bunch of "boosters" were stealing stuff from stores here and selling it to three people in Hyattsville.  Those three were adults.  The boosters are all kids.

https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail_Pol.aspx?Item_ID=46162  [/quote]
They didn’t explicitly say but these were Venezuelans. They had a similar enterprise using kids to steal and commit crime in Times Square operating out of migrant shelter hotels.

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This isn’t 1975, there are no chop shops. You basically can’t resell a stolen car except maybe to someone who is going to use it for three hours to commit a different crime. Kids in DC steal cars for a thrill and to get around. It’s really hard to steal cars now - that’s why this kid is breaking into dealerships, because he needs the keys. And that’s why there was a huge spike in carjacking, which has thankfully subsided.

Kids shoplifting - yes, they may be part of a big fencing operation. But not kids stealing cars. [/quote]

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