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A Bay Area serial thief who has been busted a stunning 90 times for
shoplifting was arrested again just hours after he was released from
jail, according to a local report.
Jesse Leonardo Otero, 44, is well known to the California businesses
he frequently targets as well as several local police departments
who’ve dealt with his antics repeatedly over the years, KRON
reported.
He was most recently picked up by cops outside a shopping center in
Pleasant Hill, about 20 miles east of Oakland on Dec. 8.
He had been released from the Martinez Detention Facility jail on
misdemeanor charges just hours earlier that same day, the outlet
reported.
The career criminal allegedly hurled swears and insults at a KRON
reporter who asked him, “Jesse, don’t you get sick of getting
arrested?” as he was cuffed outside the shopping center.
He’s known to police throughout the Bay Area, where he travels by
BART trains to hit different communities to commit crimes.
His lengthy rap sheet shows he goes after both small businesses and
big-box stores — and often returns to steal from them again to the
extent that many store employees know him on a first-name basis.
“Since we started knowing who he was, we would call him out by name
and say, ‘Jesse — you’re not allowed to be here,’” Daisy Erns, store
manager at Five Little Monkeys toy store in Albany, told KRON.
Otero’s typically cited or briefly jailed before he’s released back
out on the streets again.
He rarely steals more than $950 worth of products, according to
police, which keeps him out of jail due to a 2014 change in state
law.
That year, California residents voted to up the felony charge
threshold for shoplifting from $400 in stolen property to $950,
making most shoplifting crimes misdemeanors, according to the
outlet.
Police are then left with no choice but to set him free despite his
incredible criminal record.
“Nowadays, with the way that the filing standards have changed and
the law is written, if it’s a petty theft under $950, he’s given the
same ticket that you would get for running a stop sign,” Pleasant
Hill police officer Jacob Williams told KRON.
“So that person is no longer booked into jail based off the shoplift
alone — even if we are aware of prior convictions on his criminal
history,” he said.
Otero is currently in jail after his latest arrest. It’s unclear if
or when he will be released.
He was also arrested on Nov. 21 in Concord after committing a theft
at a mall. He ran onto an interstate highway as he tried to flee
police before he was detained.
Just days later on Nov. 24, Otero stole $340 worth of items from a
bike store in Danville, according to the owner.
The Contra Costa DA’s office filed a consolidated 31-count
misdemeanor complaint against the career criminal — compiling his 31
arrests in the past year into a single case, KRON reported.
District Attorneys in the Golden State can consolidate cases for
repeated crimes into one case, as Otero is currently facing.
His misdemeanor jury trial is scheduled for the last week of the
year.
https://nypost.com/2023/12/21/news/bay-area-man-busted-90-times-
for-shoplifting-arrested-again-hours-after-release-from-jail/
shoplifting was arrested again just hours after he was released from
jail, according to a local report.
Jesse Leonardo Otero, 44, is well known to the California businesses
he frequently targets as well as several local police departments
who’ve dealt with his antics repeatedly over the years, KRON
reported.
He was most recently picked up by cops outside a shopping center in
Pleasant Hill, about 20 miles east of Oakland on Dec. 8.
He had been released from the Martinez Detention Facility jail on
misdemeanor charges just hours earlier that same day, the outlet
reported.
The career criminal allegedly hurled swears and insults at a KRON
reporter who asked him, “Jesse, don’t you get sick of getting
arrested?” as he was cuffed outside the shopping center.
He’s known to police throughout the Bay Area, where he travels by
BART trains to hit different communities to commit crimes.
His lengthy rap sheet shows he goes after both small businesses and
big-box stores — and often returns to steal from them again to the
extent that many store employees know him on a first-name basis.
“Since we started knowing who he was, we would call him out by name
and say, ‘Jesse — you’re not allowed to be here,’” Daisy Erns, store
manager at Five Little Monkeys toy store in Albany, told KRON.
Otero’s typically cited or briefly jailed before he’s released back
out on the streets again.
He rarely steals more than $950 worth of products, according to
police, which keeps him out of jail due to a 2014 change in state
law.
That year, California residents voted to up the felony charge
threshold for shoplifting from $400 in stolen property to $950,
making most shoplifting crimes misdemeanors, according to the
outlet.
Police are then left with no choice but to set him free despite his
incredible criminal record.
“Nowadays, with the way that the filing standards have changed and
the law is written, if it’s a petty theft under $950, he’s given the
same ticket that you would get for running a stop sign,” Pleasant
Hill police officer Jacob Williams told KRON.
“So that person is no longer booked into jail based off the shoplift
alone — even if we are aware of prior convictions on his criminal
history,” he said.
Otero is currently in jail after his latest arrest. It’s unclear if
or when he will be released.
He was also arrested on Nov. 21 in Concord after committing a theft
at a mall. He ran onto an interstate highway as he tried to flee
police before he was detained.
Just days later on Nov. 24, Otero stole $340 worth of items from a
bike store in Danville, according to the owner.
The Contra Costa DA’s office filed a consolidated 31-count
misdemeanor complaint against the career criminal — compiling his 31
arrests in the past year into a single case, KRON reported.
District Attorneys in the Golden State can consolidate cases for
repeated crimes into one case, as Otero is currently facing.
His misdemeanor jury trial is scheduled for the last week of the
year.
https://nypost.com/2023/12/21/news/bay-area-man-busted-90-times-
for-shoplifting-arrested-again-hours-after-release-from-jail/
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