Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has been criticized for promoting radical criminal justice “reform” policies in the wake of the murder of a New Zealand CEO’s wife by a convicted robber who was released on probation.
CBS News report Patricia McKay, 68, was robbed at gunpoint along with her husband, who was visiting from overseas, and in the ensuing altercation she was hit by a car and killed.
Police say a 68-year-old woman visiting from New Zealand was walking with her husband just outside a shopping mall in Newport Beach when she was robbed and murdered by three men.
Patricia McKay was outside the Fashion Island Mall shopping center near Santa Rosa Drive and Newport Center Drive around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday when two men approached her and her husband and attempted to rob them. One of the suspects was allegedly armed with a handgun, according to Newport Beach Police.
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McKay was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body was found Found in the car park just outside Barnes & Noble Bookstore.
McCrary, also known as Leroy Ernest McCrary, has a criminal history in Los Angeles County. He was arrested and charged with felony possession of a firearm by a drug addict in October 2022. The following October, McCrary pleaded not guilty to the felony charges.
McCrary was also charged with robbery in September 2023 and pleaded not guilty. He received concurrent sentences for both convictions and was given a suspended sentence of two years probation and three years in state prison.
McClary was also arrested in 2018 and 2021 on suspicion of driving on a suspended license.
of Daily Mail report He pointed the finger of blame at Gascón, saying, “The criminal justice system is More emphasis on intervention and rehabilitation is needed“He slammed ‘tough on crime’ policies as racist and a failure.”
Gascón, whose 2020 campaign benefited from millions of dollars in funding from left-wing billionaire George Soros, has touted his track record of reducing prison sentences for crimes.
Gascón has survived several attempts to remove him from office, but was opposed in November by a former federal prosecutor. Nathan Hochman.
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