One of the dumbest things leftists do is pretend that teenagers should not be held accountable for crimes, solely because of their age. Not only is this foolish, but it has led to crime epidemics among our youth in many parts of the country.

This is why it was not surprising that one Maryland teen decided to break into 121 cars, and after he got arrested and was released that same night, he continued with his crime spree as if nothing had happened.

According to the New York Post:

A Maryland teen busted for allegedly breaking into 121 cars in a single night was ordered released within hours — and irate local police say more than a dozen more cars were looted the next day.

The insane amount of predictability of this outcome makes the state's negligence all the more incomprehensible.

What did the authorities think was going to happen? That he’d finally learn his lesson after never being held accountable? Pathetic—just pathetic.

The suspect — a 16-year-old boy — was arrested late last week by the Laurel Police Department after dozens of auto break-in reports came pouring into their office on the morning of May 4.

The crimes spanned Laurel, surrounding part of Prince George’s County and nearby Howard County, with surveillance footage from across the area capturing a gang of three teens roving around in a stolen car and smashing open the windows of whatever vehicles they came across.

An investigation led police to the teenage suspect’s home, where nearly 20 car keys, credit cars, and other stolen items that “managed to link him to all 121 events throughout the region,” Hamill said in a news conference Wednesday.

These are not victimless crimes. So many people are struggling to make ends meet and can’t afford to fix a broken window or deal with the consequences of lost keys and credit cards, among other things. This unfairly disadvantages innocent Americans. Yet, the authorities treat him like a victim, solely because of his age. It’s madness beyond reason.

After the boy was taken into custody, Laurel Police and the Maryland State Attorney’s office requested that the boy remain in the juvenile detention center due to the scale of his alleged crimes.

But police were rebuffed because of the boy’s lack of a previous criminal record — with the state characterizing the offenses as “lower level crime” — and he was ordered to be sent home.

The chief of police said it perfectly: 121 times is more than enough "record" to not release the boy back into the public, but I guess, that is neither here nor there.

What exactly distinguishes a “lower-level crime” from an “upper-level crime”? And I guess it’s safe to assume that committing a “lower-level” offense over 120 times doesn’t suddenly elevate it to a middle-level or higher offense. So, unfortunately, we can only expect more of the same.

In the pathetic pursuit to make criminals justified, the left has emboldened teenagers to endlessly commit crimes, while creating more victims by the very second. Not only is that insane, but it creates a lawless epidemic that should have never happened in the first place.

It’s unclear how many more victims will have to suffer before the state fulfills even the most basic duties of its job. But one thing is certain: the rise in crime won’t cause them to bat an eye. Maryland has proven to be incapable of carrying out its most basic responsibilities and has slapped the face of every law-abiding American. And that is something that will never be morally justifiable.

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