{"id":73579,"date":"2025-06-18T10:31:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=73579"},"modified":"2025-06-18T10:31:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T17:31:25","slug":"6-5-million-in-stolen-goods-seized-in-2025-california-leads-in-nationwide-organized-retail-crime-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=73579","title":{"rendered":"$6.5 million in stolen goods seized in 2025, California leads in nationwide organized retail crime crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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What you need to know:<\/strong>\u00a0Governor Newsom announced that this year, the state recovered 113,245 stolen items worth nearly $6.5 million. In May alone, arrests were up almost 130%, stolen assets recovered were up 65%, and the value of the items recovered was up nearly 49% from April.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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SACRAMENTO\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0<\/span>Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that from January to May, the state\u2019s Organized Retail Crime Task Force conducted 331 investigations, 629 arrests, and recovered 113,245 stolen items valued at nearly $6.5 million.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Spearheaded by the California Highway Patrol, the Organized Retail Crime Task Force, through coordination with local law enforcement agencies and other partners, has been involved in over 3,800 investigations, resulting in the arrest of more than 4,400 suspects and the recovery of nearly 1.4 million stolen goods, valued at over $58 million since 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cIn California, we value our public safety and back our business community. Organized retail crimes have no place in our society and I\u2019m proud of the work our CHP officers do up and down the state to protect our families and communities.\u201d<\/span><\/h4>\n
\nGovernor\u00a0Gavin Newsom<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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Using arresting tools made available in part because of the\u00a0Governor’s organized retail crime package<\/a>\u00a0he passed last year and ongoing commitment to public safety, compared to April, organized retail crime enforcement has gone up in all areas in May:<\/p>\n