retail theft
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Stealing more than $100 worth of goods, or dining-and-dashing, results in Aurora jail time
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Aurora adopted harsher penalties for theft in the city, a move that supporters said will help reduce theft and one that opponents said will cost the city more in incarceration costs for a strategy that isn’t effective. Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky brought forward two ordinances at Monday night’s council meeting that add to the original ordinance…
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Aurora City Council debates harsher punishment for retail theft
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The Aurora City Council agreed to move forward with two ordinances Monday night that would broaden the city’s mandatory minimum sentence for retail theft ordinance that passed last year. Both ordinances were put forward by Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky and would add to the original ordinance passed in 2023, which set a three-day minimum mandatory jail…
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FOCUS ON THE SPRINGS | Carver leads bill to tackle online sale of stolen products
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A Colorado Springs lawmaker is championing legislation that seeks to crack down on stolen and counterfeit products being anonymously sold through online marketplaces like eBay and Facebook. If enacted, House Bill 1099 would require some third-party sellers to provide identifying information to the online marketplace they’re using and to the person they’re selling to. The…
