Two East Bay residents face three years in state prison after they pleaded guilty to robbery charges related to a string of retail thefts in 2021 and 2022 in San Francisco.
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced Thursday that Delandro Belvine-Brown, 22, of Antioch, and Sean Raquel Jevonce Simon, Jr., 24, of Richmond, were each sentenced to three years imprisonment after pleading guilty in San Francisco Superior Court to committing robbery in violation of Penal Code Section 211, in relation to a series of retail thefts in San Francisco.
Belvine-Brown and Simon are currently in custody and will be transported to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s custody to begin serving their state prison sentences.
“These crimes demand accountability and we need to send the message to others involved in this criminal enterprise that, with the support of our local law enforcement partners, our office will continue to pursue and prosecute those involved,” said District Attorney Brooke Jenkins in a statement. “With San Francisco Police Department receiving $15.3 million dollars and our office receiving $2 million from the Organized Retail Theft Prevention Grant Program, law enforcement agencies in San Francisco will continue to identify, investigate, and prosecute all levels of this criminal enterprise.”
Prosecutors alleged that Belvine-Brown and Simon were a part of an organized group which committed a series of snatch-and-grab thefts and robberies from Sunglass Hut, LensCrafters and Veo Optics stores in San Francisco from Nov. 1, 2021, through July 1, 2022.
Belvine-Brown, Simon and others entered the targeted store as a group, rapidly grabbed numerous expensive sunglasses from display shelves, and quickly exited the store and got in a waiting car.
Investigators from SFPD and Brentwood Police Department conducted a joint investigation as there were similar thefts that occurred in Contra Costa County.
Investigators from both agencies examined evidence from multiple sources, including store surveillance videos, social media posts and mobile phone records to identify the defendants and their criminal activities.
“Individuals who openly commit egregious and brazen retail crimes impact not only the store’s viability to stay open for their community, but also have long lasting effects on store employees and customers who are subjected to this blatant disregard for the law,” said Assistant District Attorney del Rosario in a statement. “These cases should serve as notice to those would-be thieves that law enforcement will aggressively investigate and prosecute their criminal activity in San Francisco.”
The case against Belvine-Brown and Simon was successfully prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Conrad Del Rosario with support and assistance from District Attorney Inspector Lessa Vivian and Paralegal Chloe Mosqueda. This case was investigated by the San Francisco Police Department’s Burglary Unit and the Brentwood Police Department’s Investigation Division.
Congratulations to law enforcement and the criminal justice system for a job well done!
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Agreed!…but I can’t happen to wonder if they’ll be out in 3 days, instead of 3 years.
Saw headline, was shocked CoCo DA finally did something about retail theft, then saw it was SF.
But then again SF is suffering such a tax revenue loss from businesses closing guess woke DEMs became scared they’d have fewer tax dollars to to squander and funnel back to campaign contributors.
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Unfortunately SF is now known for it’s brazen crime, rampant drug use, homelessness and human excrement fouling it’s streets. SF is the prime example of ability of DEM’ governance abilities.
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“Just a few months after Gavin Newsom was sworn in as mayor of San Francisco in 2004, he announced a plan to get all of the city’s chronically homeless residents off the streets within 10 years.”
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If DEMs had a clue shouldn’t they have fixed things by now ? ? ?
OUR kids are supposed to have a better life !
SF, the city where dogs have to step around dirty needles and human excrement.
Should have gotten the gallows.
If this is indeed organized crime, then 3 years is a light sentence. Considering as long as they don’t kill somebody in prison, they will be out in 18 months. And these departments received how many millions to stop this crap?
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Guilty AF.
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Rot in prison scumbags!
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Good job, Brentwood and SFPD, and especially D.A. Brooke Jenkins. The city’s progressives have been trying to bring her down ever since she was appointed, but she stands tall and doesn’t give in. Good for her! Diana Becton could learn a thing or two from Ms Jenkins.
But Co Co County didn’t bring any charges?
I was actually on jury duty this week for Target theft. I got bumped off by defense. But prosecutors were trying at least.
Thank you for doing your civic duty.
CoCo saved the cost of a trial.
Try 9 to 12 months top.