Dallas residents: better lock up your diapers, formula, and food

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Last week, Creuzot's office announced a series of sweeping reforms, including declining to prosecute most low-level marijuana offenses, cases in which someone is found with trace amounts of drugs or thefts of "personal items" valued at less than $750.

In a public letter released Wednesday, Creuzot clarified that "personal items" doesn't cover anything you might like to steal as long as it's valued at $749.99 or less. "Personal items are limited to necessary items," he wrote. "Personal items would include items such as necessary food, diapers and baby formula."

Those who steal for economic gain will still be prosecuted, Creuzot wrote. Those who steal lower-value necessary items are most likely doing so out of hunger and poverty, he wrote, while those who steal more expensive merchandise are more likely doing so for economic gain.

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