Vacant houses a big, new headache for police
The nation's mortgage crisis -- and absentee property owners -- have led to the city's newest crime wave: vacant home break-ins. Atlanta code enforcement officials say empty homes are their greatest headache, and have assembled a special enforcement unit to deal with it. On a recent day, Atlanta police Officer Brian Ernest didn't even need to step inside the doorway. He could have guessed what was waiting for him....
6/20/2008 6:07:15 PM
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