Hurricanes’ crime wave
September 5, 2008 at 12:54 pm by Mara Shalhoup in NewsOK, so maybe “wave” is a bit of an exaggeration. But there’s at least some anecdotal evidence that evacuees of Louisiana’s two most frightening hurricanes are stirring up trouble in Georgia.
Most recently, there were the alleged blue-jean-bandit copycats who struck in Buckhead after being displaced by Gustav. And earlier this week, a Katrina evacuee was sentenced to life in prison for a murder in Athens.
Hopefully, the crimes won’t eclipse the contributions and hardships of the evacuees who’ve worked to make a new life here.
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