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New King County division tackles growing rates of retail theft crimes
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Prosecutors are banding together with local law enforcement to curb retail crime in King County.
One of the changes King County Prosecuting Attorney Leesa Manion made this year involved launching an Economic Crimes and Wage Theft division. A prosecutor is also dedicated to working solely on retail crimes.
"Rates of theft and the rates at which these crimes are occurring is still very, very high,” said Patrick Hinds, the chief of the Economic Crimes and Wage Theft Division.
READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/king-county-prosecutors-law-enforcement-retail-crime/281-a87ce63b-9616-4701-9294-1f7349cb720b