Prince George's prosecutor moves quickly to make changes

Angela Alsobrooks heard a consistent message as she crossed Prince George's County during her campaign for the state's attorney's office: We want you to deal with violent offenders, but what we really care about are car break-ins, vandalism and burglaries.

Now Alsobrooks, who is to be sworn into the post Monday, says she will increase the office's emphasis on such crimes, which affect thousands of residents for whom gangs, the drug trade and violent crime may seem distant.