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Article: Jump in Theater District crime has area's residents nervous.(News)
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- June 23, 2002
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A recent crime spike in Boston's popular Theater District - including two shootings in the past two weeks - has business owners and nearby residents on edge.
Boston police say they, too, are frustrated by the increase, despite the "significant" amount of resources and patrols they started pouring into the area after crime creeped up there last summer.
"It's a setback," said Boston police Capt. Bernard O'Rourke, who commands the force that patrols much of the city's downtown, including the Theater District.
O'Rourke said that before the recent jump, crime in the district, which includes dozens of restaurants, hotels and nightclubs, had declined ...