Operation Smash & Grab: 23 Arrests and $6,303 in Property Recovered in Rancho Cucamonga, Sheriff's Department Says
The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, in San Bernardino County, California, reported on November 10 that its Operation Smash & Grab retail theft operation, run from October 17 to November 7 in the Rancho Cucamonga shopping corridors, made 23 arrests and recovered $6,303.04 in property.
Taking part were the Sheriff's Gangs/Narcotics Division, the Rancho Cucamonga Station, the San Bernardino County Probation Department, Homeland Security Investigations, the California Highway Patrol and the San Bernardino Police Department. Investigators made 17 misdemeanor arrests and six felony arrests over the three weeks; Proposition 36, passed by voters in 2024 and effective December 18, 2024, applied to one of the arrests.
Operation Smash & Grab, launched in November 2023 against organized retail theft crews, focuses on the shopping districts of Rancho Cucamonga, Apple Valley, Hesperia, Victorville and Chino Hills. The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors authorized funds to support the county-wide crime suppression effort.
(Source: San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department)
Source: San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
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Photo: 图：Rancho Cucamonga 一带航拍（CC BY-SA 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons）。 / Photo: Aerial view of the Rancho Cucamonga area (CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons).
