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Shelton man faces 13 years in crime spree
Ct Post
BRIDGEPORT -- A Shelton man, who went on a crime spree robbing businesses in Fairfield, Bridgeport and Stratford last year, is facing 13 years in prison after accepting a plea bargain Thursday. "That's what happened for the most part," Christopher ...

Violent crime in schools actually dropped 74 percent from 1992 to 2010, Hoover ...
al.com (blog)
HOOVER, Alabama - Even though shootings and other violence in schools seem to be grabbing more headlines these days, violent crime in schools is actually down nationally, Hoover police Chief Nick Derzis said in a speech to Hoover city leaders today.

Cops Zero In on Crown Heights Crime as New Residents Rush In
DNAinfo
Despite a heavy police presence, the block of Union Street between Franklin and Bedford avenues remains among the most crime-ridden in the area, neighbors say. "I've noticed that there are a lot of shady guys around all the time," said Leah Mollin ...

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Cambridge crime totals sinking
Boston.com
Crime in Cambridge continues to drop, as police said Thursday that the number of serious crimes in 2012 fell by 3 percent, sinking to the lowest mark in almost 50 years. Violent crimes fell from 436 in 2011 to 414 in 2012, contributing to a trend that ...
Police: Cambridge hits historic low in crimeWicked Local

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Crime alerts for Florence and 13 other LA neighborhoods
Los Angeles Times
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 14 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times' Crime L.A. database. Three neighborhoods reported a significant increase in violent crime. Florence (A) was ...

Police: Cambridge hits historic low in crime
Wicked Local
Cambridge registered the lowest number of violent crime last year than has ever been recorded in the 44 years of collecting data, Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas announced Wednesday. For the fourth year running, violent crime in Cambridge ...

Philadelphia Inquirer
Surveillance cameras prove helpful in crime probes
Philadelphia Inquirer
To city officials and law-enforcement experts, the footage offered another reminder of the crucial, ever-growing role that surveillance cameras play in helping authorities fight - and solve - crime. "I don't think we needed this incident to remind us ...

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Opinion: Hate crime legislation has good intentions, but falls flat
LSU The Reveille
Levy said Congress defines a hate crime as a criminal act “in which the defendant's conduct was motivated by hatred, bias, or prejudice, based on the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation ...

Efficient way to fight crime: Just go where the crashes are
KATU
When Clark County sheriff's deputies combined a map showing traffic collisions (in red) and a map showing property crimes (light blue) they found the dark-blue areas, which are high crime, high traffic collision areas. Police say they can then ...

Tacoma police unveil 'Crystal Ball of Crime'
KING5.com
The department is rolling out a new software system call 'Pred-Pol', which uses an algorithm to define, and predict where crime could occur. The system mines data from the past five years, and can define potential problems spots based on time of day ...

CBS Local
Vandalism at two Arcadia churches prompts hate crime investigation
Pasadena Star-News
ARCADIA - An Arcadia church was vandalized and set on fire for the second time in the past two weeks in what police are investigating as possible hate crimes. The break-ins and vandalism took place about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Holy Angels Church, ...
2 Churches Vandalized In Arcadia; Hate Crime SuspectedCBS Local

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Kansas City Star
Crime sweep goes after members of loosely allied groups
Kansas City Star
In Tuesday's predawn darkness, the distant flash of lightning portended a nasty change in Kansas City's weather. At the same time, more than 100 police officers and federal agents gathered to unleash a different kind of storm on the city's criminal ...
Kansas City Murder Burst Contrasted With New Crime Fight JobKCUR

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Crime spree in Colorado Springs includes carjacking and attempted bank robbery
The Denver Channel
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Carjacking and attempted bank robbery are two of the latest offenses linked to a crime spree that began over the weekend. The suspect was spotted in a stolen black Subaru around 3:25 p.m. Wednesday, Colorado Springs ...

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Press TV
Russia scraps anti-crime deal with the US
Akron Beacon Journal
MOSCOW: Russia pulled out of an anti-crime accord with the United States on Wednesday in a move the United States called “self-defeating,” the latest sign of rising tensions between Moscow and Washington. Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed an ...
US 'Regrets' Russian Exit From Crime-Fighting DealJournal of Turkish Weekly
Russia Cancels Deal With US On Anti-Crime CooperationRTT News
Putin's Baby CrimeCounterPunch
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Sanford to unveil plan targeting violent crime
WFTV Orlando
The new team that the police department is putting together is called the Neighborhood Response Unit and it will target the most crime infested parts of the city, police said. "I am lucky to be alive today," said Marie Williams, who was walking through ...

Washington Times
Ski mask is fashion accessory to crime in D.C.
Washington Times
D.C. law already ban individuals — ages 16 and up — from wearing masks in public under certain circumstances, such as while committing a crime or with “the intent to intimidate, threaten, abuse or harass any other person.” But prosecution under the ...