59-year-old Concord resident Curtis Hill was convicted of first degree residential burglary this week.
The jury returned findings that Hill had been convicted of three prior strike offenses – two prior residential robberies and a residential burglary. In his prior residential robbery conviction, he committed great bodily injury on a person over the age of 60.
The most recent burglary charges stem from the evening of August 3, 2018, when Hill entered the victim’s Concord home. He stole jewelry from a bedroom in the home and then fled the scene. Later that same evening, he was arrested by the Concord Police Department.
Hill has a long history of theft, violence, and disorderly conduct in the downtown Concord area. His behavior has made him a longstanding nuisance and danger to the residents of Concord and law enforcement in the area, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office.
Hill will be sentenced later this year.
hey theft is legal
assault is not
so why is this story about theft when voters legalized it
also this is sanctuary no 3 strike
welcome to giliad
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors now addresses such an individual as a “Justice Involved Person”.
No more hurt feelings…..
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Only in California!
He will most likely be allowed to go free for time served. After all it has been over a year since he was arrested.
I wonder if this is the guy with paranoid schizophrenia. Did he burglarize a half-way house where he had been a resident or frequent visitor? If so, he needs long-term medical care for his illness, not prison time; either way, he’d be off the streets, but no, we don’t do medical treatment for the mentally unstable. Ronnie Raygun shut those facilities down when he failed to continue funding of previous laws that provided care for the mentally unstable (JFK Johnson, and \Carter all got that funding thru Congress). So, you pay it now or you pay it latter. As the relative of someone with schizophrenia, I know that a medical facility is far better for them than a prison.
@john p
The ACLU lawsuits shut them down. No one president can close them down. Then why didn’t Obama or Clinton reopen them???
@ John P
If California can provide health care and free tuition for illegal aliens, along with Universal Health Care for anyone who can make their way to California, why can’t they fund mental health hospitals?
California has been under Democrat control for over 42 years. Why haven’t they done something about those bad bad Republican policies such as repealing the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act?
The Democrats have controlled both the Executive and Legislative branches several times since Ronald Reagan left office how come they haven’t done anything?
Oh in 1969 Gov. Reagan reverses his earlier budget cuts. He increases spending on the Department of Mental Hygiene by a record $28 million.
Oh the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 that President Reagan signed into law that cut Peanut Framers mental health budget was wait for it…. passed by a Democratic majority in both houses of Congress and sent to President Reagan to become law.
Chlorpromazine was oversold as the cure for mental health problems and both parties could care less because it’s a hard question with no easy answers.
I agree John. 3 stokes involving violent crime is fine but we can’t simply provide jail beds for mentally ill or people on drugs. We have a long way to go if we sincerely want to fix crime.
Sorry, but that’s not correct. In 1963, congress passed and JFK signed the Community Mental Health Act, which required a commission to make recommendations on combating mental illness. Ultimately, it was decided that the mentally ill would be treated in community health clinics and live in public housing. While Governor, he closed most of California’s mental hospitals. The State Hospital had to be kept open as part of the Dept. of Corrections. He had funding for others in the country cut while he was President, until the vast majority shut down in favor of outpatient clinics. What left us with is a bunch of homeless people with mental illnesses, many of whom are trying to self medicate. The ACLU sued to prevent involuntary institutionalization without judicial review. They didn’t sue to free all the mentally unstable. Sometimes you have to read a variety of items to get the facts and not just rely on Faux News.
@john p
So everyone involuntarily instutionalized sued for their freedom which means they freed the mentally unstable.
@John P
a few facts:
https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/california/a-brief-history-of-mental-health-care-in-california/103-537434252
I used to work at Napa State. Wasn’t Reagan. I was barely old enough to vote Reagan in for his first term. As president.
contra costa DA
not quoted but her changing of prosecution for these offenses differs
if he was illegal
he would get community service
welcome all to sanctuary where citizens are striken down for crimes and illegals get community service