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Cedar Rapids police credit outreach for crime drop after violent year
Cedar Rapids faced a brutal start to the year with 14 gunshots in January and a homicide of Joseph P. Perkins in Cedar Valley Townhomes. March brought a deadly stretch including Senquez Jackson and Brandon Johnson, while Kenyauta Vesey-Keith faced charges. Police credit community outreach for a sharp drop to double digits by month end.
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Stephen Mally
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Matt Messer
Lucas Liddle
PCAT
Joseph P. Perkins
Cedar Valley
Senquez Jackson
Brandon Johnson
Kenyauta Vesey-Keith
Robyn Furmanski
Onyala V. Hughes