South Carolina bill seeks to put âporch piratesâ in jail for up to 15 years
By Catherine Park
Oregon homeownerâs quick call leads police to suspected porch pirate
Beaverton Police said 36-year-old Wayne Leach of Gladstone was arrested soon after police responded to a homeownerâs call. (Credit: Beaverton Police Department via Storyful)
One South Carolina state representative is hoping to put a new law into place that could punish porch pirates with up to 15 years of jail time.
Rep. Cezar McKnight introduced a bill in January which is a softened version of his original bill, introduced in 2019.
The 2019 bill, known as the Defense Against Porch Pirates Act, could give a person found guilty of the crime a minimum five-year sentence with no probation or parole. But some legislators found the sentencing parameters to be a bit harsh, according to McKnight.
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Oregon authorities are on the lookout for a thief who stole an unlocked vehicle with a child inside – then returned only moments later and lectured the mother before ordering her to get the tot out of the car and driving away, police told Fox News on Monday.
The mother had pulled her vehicle near the front door of Basics Meat Market in Beaverton, Ore., at approximately 9:10 a.m. on Saturday, according to The Oregonian-Oregon Live and Beaverton Police Department spokesperson Officer Matt Henderson. She was inside the store just feet away when the suspect got into the car – which was unlocked and running – and drove off, police said.
Car thief who discovered toddler in the backseat of SUV he stole drives back to child s mom and threatens to call the cops on HER - before taking off again - without the kid
Crystal Leary stopped off at a grocery store in Beaverton, Oregon, on Saturday night and left her 4-year-old son in her unlocked SUV with engine running
Mother was gone for just a few minutes before a man stole the SUV and drove off, before realizing there was a child in the backseat
Thief returned to the grocery store, yelled at the mother and threatened to call the police on her, before ordering the woman to take her son out of backseat