And grab early this morning. We just got some Surveillance Video moments ago. Watch this video. It shows a vehicle ramming the front of a store creating a gaping hole. Hang on, were still trying to get that video. I can tell you that after that okay, we dont have the video. Well try to get it reracked so that you can see it. It shows nearly a dozen people get out of that vehicle. They rush inside and then all of them snatch several times of guns abc action News Reporter Rodney Dunigan is live outside that business right now. Rodney, investigators believe, again, more than a dozen people could be involved. Reporter you are right about that, dan. You know, this was a very brazen crime, all of this happening around 3 00 this morning. Just spoke with the owner whos actually been watching that Surveillance Video that you mentioned with investigators this morning. If you take a look behind me, you can see the damage this left, these criminals, possibly up to a dozen. Entrance of the store he
Paul. And that is on the Violent Crime side, we tend to have a lower crime rate than a lot of other states while at the same time keeping our incarceration rate lower by using more probation and using more treatment options. So thats why im a fan of the work thats been done here. And my first question is really along those lines of drug courts. Ive led some. Efforts here on drug courts and getting funding for drug courts carrying on the work of many that came before me, including ted kennedy and jim ram stead over on the house side. When we look at what this bill might save, we know that drug courts save money. And we know that getting some of the nonviolent offenders out of the prisons will save money or reducing their sentences. Do you think we could use some of this money to pay for things like drug courts ms. Yates, do you think that will be helpful as we look at how we are going to make up for the fact that we are going to be bringing people out of prison. But they not only need R
Federal prison serving mandatory minimum sentences for a drug crime, 55,000. Thats more than 50 of all federal drug offenders and more than one quarter of all federal prisoners. Many of those serving are lowlevel offenders and its true that some lowlevel offenders like couriers dont receive mandatory minimum but others are frequently sentenced to so what is your response to the claim that this is much ado about something to that were not going address or potentially address a large sector of the federal prison population . I think that we absolutely will. If you look statistically at the profile of drug defendants currently in the bureau of prisons right now, youll see that there are a number of low level nonviolent drug defendants. For example, less than 1 of the defendants in federal prison actually had violence or threatsover violence in connection with their drug offense. Only 16 of them had a weapon. Half of them had little or no criminal history at all and only 7 of them are lead
Forward, but also to people who were convicted and sentenced under old laws. Inmate sentences under the old mandatory minimums can ask a judge to sentence them in accordance with the new mandatory minimums. But a prosecutor gets to weigh in also. And the inmate will only get a lower sentence if the judge agrees it is appropriate after the judge has considered factors like the inmates danger to the community. But others have raised concerns about the department of justice going to stand idly by and let dangerous criminals walk. So this is my question, kind of a statement. I hope that i have your commitment that the department of justice will review each of these resentencing on a casebycase basis and that the determination on these resentencings will be made by local u. S. Attorney offices. Senator, we are anything but idle at the department of justice. You have our commitment that we will carry out the Retroactive Application of the provisions of this proposal in a thoughtful manner, o
Tree headquarters but tonight the Salvation Army has a message for the crooks. And a big break tonight in the torching of a california mosque. The Annapolis Yacht Club has been attracting boaters for nearly 130 years, but it only took hours for flames to nearly gut the building. News 4s Darcy Spencer spoke to people who are searching for answers tonight. Reporter the Annapolis Yacht Club with a history dating back to the 1800s and a popular destination for the regions Sailing Community was virtually destroyed in a threealarm fire. This couple has fond memories of attending functions at the club. Theres a lot of history that was lost, im sure. A lot of Historical Documents and a lot of the models of old boats. But as long as no one got hurt, theyll replace the building, and well all be sailing again. Reporter the flames broke out about 2 15 in the afternoon. Heavy smoke could be seen billowing from the waterfront building. It took several hours for firefighters to fully put out the fire