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Candidate for Pismo Beach’s dumbest criminal

December 13, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

Pismo Beach police arrested an alleged drug dealer with a large amount of methamphetamine after the 42-year-old paid for a hotel room with counterfeit bills on Tuesday.

In the evening, a hotel clerk called 911 to report a man had used counterfeit bills to pay for his room. Officers arrived and determined the hotel guest, Ben Sedeno, was wanted for a parole violation.

During a search of Sedeno’s room, officers found nearly 3 ounces of methamphetamine and other items related to drug sales.

Officers booked Sedeno in San Luis Obispo County Jail on charges of possessing narcotics for sale, use of counterfeit currency and violation of parole. He remains held without bail in the county jail.

 


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If criminals were smart, they wouldn’t be criminals.


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The definition of crazy is doing the same thing over and over expecting to get a different result. We keep sending criminals into a system that keeps sending them back without any evidence of reform. This is an extremely costly process, which benefits no one but those profiting from the prison system.


I am not a “bleeding heart”. I am more of a pragmatist, interested in the welfare of society, the better use of our resources and the bottom line. Several other counties in the world, Scandinavian countries as an example, have a much lower rate of recidivism. Their systems invest in improving the socialization of said perps and as a result, many less return to incarceration, saving massive amounts of money for better things. Things like medical care, better nutrition and education, leading to less criminality in the first place.


Maybe this guy in the above article would still be a criminal. But maybe not. It just seems like instead of being “tougher”, perhaps we need to be smarter. Maybe even learn from other places with lower crime rates, lower recidivism and better infrastructure, instead of so many prisons.


Just a thought…


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Francesca,

I will neither agree nor disagree with your assessment. But props to you for a well stated opinion.


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When a country has no common language, religion, beliefs or morals no accepted culture, goals or dreams and no borders to define it. It becomes a mob competing for whatever they can get for themselves and the hell with the other guy. Lack of compassion, empathy, understanding or being a part of the society, leads to crime, gangs, antisocial behavior and corruption in general poor quality citizens.

Yes, in other countries they let prisoners go home on holidays and weekends and they turn themselves back in to complete their sentence. This is because they love their community and are part of it.

Sadly in America we are moving away from community and toward big government making people less connected and more isolated. These are the symptoms that plague us but can we find a solution?

Thank you Fran for bringing it up.


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Did you hear about the smart criminals? No, you didn’t. Those are the ones that don’t get caught.


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