Prop 47 Blamed for Increased Thefts:  Law enforcement officials in a Central California town are pointing at Proposition 47, the voter-approved "Save Neighborhoods and Schools" initiative that reduced several felony offenses to misdemeanors, as the culprit in the rise of thefts.  Jackson Moore of the Dinuba Sentinel reports that Dinuba Police Chief Devon Popovich says that his department has seen a significant spike in thefts and drug offenses since Prop 47 passed last November.  Popovich acknowledges that while it has reduced the prison population, it certainly has not reduced crime or made neighborhoods safe.

Released Illegal Aliens Not Tracked or Registered:  Illegal immigrants convicted of rape, child molestation and other sex crimes are free in American communities without being tracked or registering as sex offenders.  Katie McHugh of Breitbart reports that the issue has been worsened by the 2001 Supreme Court ruling Zadvydas v. Davis, which determined that immigrants convicted of violent crimes can't be held for more than six months if their home country refuses to take them back.  Under the ruling, 134,000 criminal aliens have been released onto American streets is just three years.

Suspect in Fatal Crash Deported Three Times:  A man accused of causing a crash that killed a sports journalist in an Oklahoma town had previously been deported three times.  News 9 reports that 26-year-old Gustavo Castillo Gutierrez, driving without a valid driver's license, made an illegal U-turn in front of Bob Barry Jr. who was thrown off of his motorcycle, sustaining fatal injuries.  Gutierrez had been voluntarily returned to Mexico three times, twice in 2010 and again in 2013.

2^nd Officer Accused of Helping NY Inmates Escape:  A corrections officer at the Clinton Correctional Facility in upstate New York was charged on Wednesday with bringing a screwdriver and pliers into the maximum-security prison in exchange for paintings given to him by the two convicted murderers who escaped earlier this month.  Tom Winter of NBC News reports that 57-year-old Gene Palmer's arrest suggests that the escape may be part of a larger conspiracy involving multiple prison workers, who worked together to carry out the Shawshank Redemption-style breakout of David Sweat and Richard Matt.  Palmer faces charges of promoting prison contraband, two counts of tampering with evidence and official misconduct.  The massive manhunt for the two escapees is still ongoing.

Cop-Fleeing Car Jumps Curb, Kills 2 Children:  A driver fleeing Detroit police officers killed two children and injured four other bystanders when the car jumped a curb after a 75-second high speed chase that reached speeds of 80 MPH.  Daniel Bethencourt of the Detroit Free Press reports that the chase ensued when the two officers decided to pull the vehicle over after spotting one of the two occupants with a handgun.  The two children that died were ages two and six.  The driver and passenger of the fleeing vehicle were arrested at the scene.