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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 5139416" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/economy/la-freight-railroad-theft/index.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p>"Photos and videos showing piles of empty boxes littered alongside rail tracks in Los Angeles County, California have gone viral as shipping companies say they've seen a dramatic spike in railroad theft. Some of the boxes are packages from companies like UPS, Amazon and FedEx.</p><p></p><p>Union Pacific, one of the country's largest railroad companies, says it may avoid operating in Los Angeles County following the spike in thefts, which it blames on lax prosecution of crimes. The containers and trains are locked, but can be broken into.</p><p></p><p>Union Pacific said last month in a letter to the Los Angeles District Attorney that it saw a 160% year-over-year increase in theft in LA county. The company claims that a December 2020 special directive issued by District Attorney George Gascón that changed how low-level offenses are prosecuted has contributed to the uptick."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 5139416, member: 48469"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/14/economy/la-freight-railroad-theft/index.html[/URL] "Photos and videos showing piles of empty boxes littered alongside rail tracks in Los Angeles County, California have gone viral as shipping companies say they've seen a dramatic spike in railroad theft. Some of the boxes are packages from companies like UPS, Amazon and FedEx. Union Pacific, one of the country's largest railroad companies, says it may avoid operating in Los Angeles County following the spike in thefts, which[B] [/B]it blames on lax prosecution of crimes. The containers and trains are locked, but can be broken into. Union Pacific said last month in a letter to the Los Angeles District Attorney that it saw a 160% year-over-year increase[B] [/B]in theft in LA county. The company claims that a December 2020 special directive issued by District Attorney George Gascón that changed how low-level offenses are prosecuted has contributed to the uptick." [/QUOTE]
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