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Article: Crime Stoppers desperate for funding: A last-minute gift is keeping the rewards-for-tips group alive.
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- Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN)
- Article date:
- February 5, 2007
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Byline: Mara H. Gottfried
Feb. 5--Crime Stoppers was once a powerful force in the Twin Cities. Its anonymous tips line and cash rewards -- widely publicized on TV news shows, billboards and bumper stickers -- helped solve countless crimes. But in the past year, the nonprofit group has slipped from public view and is nearly out of money. The organization's board was planning to shut down its operations today. But a last-minute donation is keeping Crime Stoppers afloat, for now. "It's pretty cut and dry. If we didn't have donations, we couldn't offer rewards, and if you can't offer rewards, you don't really have anything to offer," said Nicholas ...