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The 3rd District, 1300 S. 11th St., released the first crime bulletin of 2015 Monday, including in the report a recap of last year’s incidents. For Police Service Area 1, which is the East side of Broad Street to the Delaware River and the South side of Lombard Street to the North Side of Washington Avenue, authorities reported robberies on Fifth and Christian streets, Third and South streets and 10th and Montrose streets. Last year, the area experienced 54 robberies, with 13 arrests made. The stretch saw burglaries occur on the 500 block of South Fourth Street and the 800 block of South 13th Street. Last year, 104 such incidents occurred, with 23 arrests.
In PSA 2, which is the East Side of Sixth Street to the Delaware River and the South side of Washington Avenue to the Naval Business Center, police reported robberies on the Unit Block of Oregon Avenue, the 500 block of Sigel Street and the 1500 block of South Fourth Street. In 2014, 85 similar matters happened, with 35 arrests. Authorities also documented thefts from auto on the 2100 block of South Columbus Boulevard, three on the 2200 block of South Columbus Boulevard, the 200 block of Wolf Street, the 2000 block of South Swanson Street, the 400 blocks of Sigel and Morris streets, the 300 block of Tasker Street, the 1800 block of South Columbus Boulevard, the 500 block of Greenwich Street, which produced an arrest, the 500 block of Jackson Street and the 2900 block of South Columbus Boulevard. A total of 347 similar incidents occurred last year, with authorities making 16 arrests.
In PSA 3, which is the East side of Broad Street to the West side of Sixth Street and the South side of Washington Avenue to the Naval Business Center, police noted burglaries on the 2300 block of South Seventh Street and the 2600 block of South Eighth Street. They made 26 arrests from 158 reports last year. They documented thefts from auto on the 800 block of Alter Street, the 700 and 800 blocks of Bigler Street, the 600 blocks of Moore, Dickinson and Wharton streets, the 1200 block of South Clarion Street, the 800 block of Mifflin Street, the 1100 blocks of Wolf and Jackson Streets and the 1200 block of West Moyamensing Avenue. They tallied 23 arrests from 444 matters in ’14.
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Contact Managing Editor Joseph Myers at jmyers@southphillyreview.com or ext. 124.
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