Scotts Valley Police kick off 2025 with a Prop 36 arrest

By Jeanette Bent

January 3, 2025 6:59 PM

Published January 3, 2025 11:34 AM

SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. (KION-TV) -- Scotts Valley Police announced that Prop 36 successfully took effect New Year's Day with one arrest inside of Target.

They said that the suspect, a female and resident of Los Gatos, was spotted by police leaving the store with multiple cosmetic items.

According to police, because of the state's new Proposition 36 law (increasing penalties for several drug and theft crimes), the suspect was detained and transported to jail. They said she has a history of theft and now what would have been a misdemeanor in 2024, is now a felony.

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Jeanette Bent

I’ve been an international professional writer and performer for over 25 years. With a background in journalism, creative writing, dance and aerial, I find the intersection between all of these skills lands itself somewhere under the term “storytelling.”

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