Signature Gathering to Hold Smash-and-Grab Criminals Accountable Is Underway

A series of smash-and-grab robberies has left stores with boarded up windows on Nov. 22, 2021. Lear Zhou/The Epoch Times

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—A signature-gathering effort is underway to increase penalties for repeat smash-and-grab offenders.

Rescue California is leading the anti-theft initiative after witnessing an uprising of theft and leniency of criminal prosecution penalties by law enforcement agencies, according to Interim Chair Anne Dunsmore.