Sunday, October 30, 2011

Student reports robbery near J&W | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper

Student reports robbery near J&W | CharlotteObserver.com & The Charlotte Observer Newspaper: "A Johnson & Wales University student reported he was pushed to the ground and robbed early Friday near the uptown campus, according to a crime alert issued by the university.
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Wayne County | Morningside residents march through neighborhood to protest crime, dumping | The Detroit News

Wayne County | Morningside residents march through neighborhood to protest crime, dumping | The Detroit News: "Community activists saw it as a battle of good over evil in an effort to take back neighborhoods from squatters and criminals as they took to the streets Saturday on the east side of Detroit.
More than two dozen people, accompanied by police, marched through the Morningside subdivision in Detroit on an "anti-crime walk" sponsored by the Next Detroit Neighborhood initiative and the Detroit Police Department's Eastern District.
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Friday, September 23, 2011

SpotCrime.com: former Philadelphia resident turns tragedy into data — Technically Philly

SpotCrime.com: former Philadelphia resident turns tragedy into data — Technically Philly: Currently, SpotCrime tracks some 500 feeds, but, as Drane says, “it fluctuates because [while] many cities are becoming open with their data… some are moving their data behind [other] proprietary systems.”

Saturday, December 11, 2010

9-year-old girl abducted on way to school

9-year-old girl abducted on way to school: "Less than two months after a middle school girl was abducted and sexually assaulted on her way to a bus stop in Killeen, police are investigating another alleged kidnapping of a young girl.

Around 7 a.m. Friday, a 9-year-old girl was headed to a bus stop near West Ward Elementary when she was apparently kidnapped near York Avenue and Murphy Street by a light-skinned male. The suspect was described as driving a dark sedan, according to reports from the Killeen Police Department."