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Critics say Newark barbed wire ban helps criminals

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Jan 5, 2009 1:35 PM EST
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Some business owners in this crime-plagued city say recent enforcement of a decades-old ordinance prohibiting some types of barbed wire and razor wire is making Newark more attractive — to thieves.

Burglaries are up 17 percent from 2007 through November in Newark, which has a young, charismatic mayor who has vowed to help the city rebound from decades of official inaction, incompetence and outright criminality.

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