Staff Reports

Photo courtesy of Yorba Linda P.D.

– A Corona man was arrested and booked into the Orange County Jail on December 18, 2015, for being in possession of mail and packages from dozens of residents of Anaheim Hills, Diamond Bar and Corona.  Some of the stolen mail included Christmas cards.  The man was cited for the same type of theft two weeks prior, but was released after his sentence was reduced because of the Proposition 47 law.  The man was not identified by police.

Proposition 47, passed in November 2014, allows many nonviolent crimes to be categorized as misdemeanors instead of felonies, thus reducing sentences for offenders.  Crimes that are reduced include writing bad checks, petty theft, forgery, grand theft under $950, and some drug-related offenses.