Under top prosecutor’s policies, sheriff says, ‘It’s profitable to do crime in Los Angeles County’

The policies of Los Angeles’ top prosecutor have created an environment rich for crime, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says.

“It’s profitable to do crime in Los Angeles County,” Villanueva, a Democrat, said during a Heritage Foundation event Thursday night in downtown LA focused on District Attorney George Gascon.

“We’re having people [from] out of county, out of state, coming here to LA to do home invasion robberies, burglaries,” the sheriff said, adding that “foreign nationals [are] coming here to do burglaries.”

Crime in the city is at a point  that the Los Angeles Police Department is telling citizens not to wear expensive jewelry, Villanueva, who was first elected sheriff in 2018, said.

On his first day in office Dec. 7, 2020, Gascon announced major changes to Los Angeles County’s prosecution policies.- READ MORE