CARL JON WEIR, 45 of Susanville, was sentenced on August 11, 2026, to six (6) years in state prison after entering guilty pleas to two counts of Penal Code section 666.1.
With the passage of Prop 36 in November of 2024 came the implementation of section 666.1 which subjects repeat theft offenders to harsher penalties than previously allowed by Prop 47.
Most theft offenses under $950 are misdemeanors, however, if a person has more than two prior theft convictions, a subsequent misdemeanor theft can be elevated to a felony, punished by 16 mos, 2 years, or 3 years in county jail.
Weir had numerous prior theft convictions including a prior residential burglary. His current offenses were for a theft of fuel from a property on Richmond Rd. in October 2025 and a subsequent property theft offense which occurred in April 2026, committed while out on bail for the October incident.
Weir pled guilty to both counts, admitted his prior theft convictions, his prior serious felony (“strike”) conviction, his seven prior prison terms, that he committed the April offense while on bail for the October offense, and that at the time of both offenses he was on post-release supervision or parole.
The District Attorney filed a sentencing memorandum asking the court for the upper term which was a total of 8 years, pointing out that chronic recidivists like Weir are the target offenders for which Prop 36 was designed. The Probation Department also submitted a recommendation for 8 years. After hearing argument from all sides, the judge imposed the middle term which, with all of the enhancements, totaled 6 years in state prison. Weir is ineligible to serve his sentence in county jail due to his prior strike offense.
These cases were investigated and submitted by the Lassen County Sheriff’s Office
