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2017 Violent Crime in Cedar Rapids Sees Mixed Results
Mayor Brad Hart and City officials cite a year of decreasing gun violence but acknowledge troubling fourth quarter. The city ended 2017 with 89 shots fired incidents and six homicides, while burglaries fell to 941 and robberies rose 16.5 percent. An arrest was made in Heidi Stephens’ Nov 20 shooting death. Quarzone Martin was convicted for July 2 killing Andrew Meeks Jr.
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Brad Hart
Jeff Pomeranz
Wayne Jerman
Heidi Stephens
Quarzone Martin
Andrew Meeks Jr
Charles Flint
Kenneth Everett
Tarrence Newman
Leland Harris
Jerman
Public Safety
Greg Buelow
Buelow
PCAT
Anna Elise Edgeton
Cedar Rapids
Liz Martin
the Gazette
17Th Street
Kenneth L. Everett
Gabriel C. Thomas
Everett
Thomas