On Friday's broadcast of Newsmax TV's “The Record,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hockman vowed to punish looters to the fullest extent of the law in the wake of the California fires, but not in 2016. He said the plunder law imposed by the state of emergency declared in 2017 does not apply. While there are no regular grand larceny or robbery laws in the area, “we anticipate that if these people are arrested for plundering, a whole range of crimes may be triggered.” Their Will will be evaluated against it. ”
Host Greta Van Susteren asked, “Basically, is looting a specific crime or is it theft? Do we use the word looting?” Is looting a specific crime in California with specific penalties?”
“When an emergency area is designated by the governor or a county, a looting ordinance is actually invoked,” Hochman said. “Ironically, however, there are many more looting laws than regular grand larceny and larceny laws. Therefore, the law on plunder cannot, however, be a law to cite and release. Therefore, we believe that if these people are arrested for plunder, all crimes against them will be tried. I expect it.”
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