Wednesday, 13 September 2017

Unlabelled Re: [FunBBGroup] More than 50 arrested for looting in Miami during Irma: police

Re: [FunBBGroup] More than 50 arrested for looting in Miami during Irma: police

by Crime Time Tamil on September 13, 2017

I'm guessing prison is punishment for looting.

Back when I lived in Texas for a few years, some laws either changed or were put into place. Basically, if you are caught stealing during a disaster, your punishment is way worse than same exact crime committed not during a disaster. I'm guessing Florida has similar laws. Which I'm all for. I personally find it reprehensible to take advantage of people during a disaster, when many are losing literally everything they have....jobs included.

Carrie Courter

On September 13, 2017, at 12:57 PM, "C G ceegee2006@yahoo.com [FunBBGroup]" <FunBBGroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Good ,glad they are catching them . I hope they get more then a slap on the wrists.

More than 50 arrested for looting in Miami during Irma: police

By Zach Fagenson,Reuters 8 hours ago

By Zach Fagenson

MIAMI (Reuters) - Miami area police arrested more than 50 suspected looters during Hurricane Irma, including 26 people who were accused of breaking into a single Wal-Mart (WMT.N> store, authorities said on Tuesday.

City officials on Tuesday lifted a local 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew that had been in place since Sunday. As normality began to return, police commanders said officers will work 12-hour shifts, 24 hours a day, to discourage any more criminality.

"I said we would not tolerate criminal activity or looting or anybody who takes advantage of our residents," Deputy Chief of Police Luis Cabrera said at a news conference. "I was not joking."

The Wal-Mart incident took place on Saturday night at a store on the north side of the City of Miami, said Miami-Dade Police Department spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta.

Among others suspected of looting were six men arrested on Monday and accused of breaking into stores at the Midtown Miami shopping complex, near the fashionable Wynwood district, before making off with merchandise that included shoes, bags and laptops.

The looting attempts spanned the city, said Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado, from the well-heeled Brickell and downtown neighborhoods to the low-income Liberty City and Little Haiti areas. He said police will stay vigilant as the cleanup goes on.

Officers have also been busy trawling roads that can be perilous for motorists because power cuts shut off traffic lights at intersections and streets have accumulated shredded vegetation spread by the storm's powerful winds.

"We have never experienced, not even with Hurricane Andrew, the amount of trees that are downed in the city," Regalado told the news conference. Hurricane Andrew hit Florida in 1992.

Since Irma began bearing down on the state late last week, authorities have been warning any would-be looters against taking advantage of the situation.

Rick Maglione, the police chief of Fort Lauderdale, about 30 miles (48 km) north of Miami, told residents to stay home during the storm and look after their loved ones. "Going to prison over a pair of sneakers is a fairly bad life choice," Maglione said in a statement.

Miami police posted a photo on Facebook of several accused looters sitting in a jail cell under the caption: "Thinking about looting? Ask these guys how that turned out. #stayindoors."

(Reporting by Zach Fagenson; Editing by Daniel Wallis and Dan Grebler)

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