Shootings drop in first quarter
Despite decline in overall violent crime, mayor concerned about low arrest rate for burglaries
The first three months of 2008 saw city criminals trading guns for crow bars and lock picks, according to a first-quarter crime report released by the New Haven Police Department over the weekend.
The very fact, in a city of this size, that this is HEADLINE NEWS is, in itself, depressing...
LOWER RATES OF MURDER AND MAYHEM MAKE RESIDENTS WONDER WHETHER MAYBE NEW HAVEN COULD SURPASS NEWARK IN THIS YEARS ANNUAL RANKINGS! City leaders pat themselves on the back. More on p. 11.