Common mistake
May 8th, 2008 at 08:44am Wally Haas
Alex Gary, our database guru, sent out this note yesterday:
Karen Lytwyn, who tracks crime for the University of Illinois College of Medicine just called. She saw this again in the paper and said it’s a common mistake that even Rockford Mayor Morrissey makes.
Rockford does NOT have the highest crime rate in the state. Winnebago County has the highest crime rate among the state’s counties.
In terms of cities, Rockford usually ranks third or fourth to the annual leader — not Chicago — but East St. Louis.
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1. Send him to Town | May 8th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
The crime in Rockford now is nothing like it was in the early 90s. Latin Kings, Gangster Disciples, Vice Lords…it seemed like they were everywhere. Guys like Iasparro and Pirages helped clean up this town. Now it seems like it is going down hill again.
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