Serious crime down for 2006

[NewsWhore]

In spite of the headlines, the National Police records show a decrease in homicides for the January to November period. In fact, there were 602 fewer murders during that period in comparison to 2005. The chief of the Police, General Bernardo Santana Paez announced that during the first 11 months of the year, Police records show 1,503 homicides. In 2005, some 2,105 murders were reported. He forecast the year should end with a ratio of 17 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.
The police also reported that 2,304 of the 2,696 vehicles reported stolen have been recovered. This year, police records show 2,696 vehicles were stolen.
The chief of police, general Bernardo Santana Paez also reported that the suspected killer of three Chinese children in San Pedro de Macoris has been apprehended, as well as an alleged accomplice. The accused is Ulises Jimenez Gil, the suspected murderer, and his uncle, Adriano Gil Dominguez, a loan shark. According to the police report, the killer gave the money that was stolen from the victims to the uncle to pay off a debt. The police have turned the case over to the prosecutor's office in San Pedro de Macoris.
John Francis Dye, an accused pedophile and fugitive from United States justice was returned to North Carolina to await trial on several counts of child molestation and pedophilia. He was found hiding in San Francisco de Macoris by units of the Dominican Drug Enforcement Agency (DNCD), and extradited on an international warrant.

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[Jimmydr]

In spite of the headlines, the National Police records show a decrease in homicides for the January to November period. In fact, there were 602 fewer murders during that period in comparison to 2005. The chief of the Police, General Bernardo Santana Paez announced that during the first 11 months of the year, Police records show 1,503 homicides. In 2005, some 2,105 murders were reported. He forecast the year should end with a ratio of 17 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants.
The police also reported that 2,304 of the 2,696 vehicles reported stolen have been recovered. This year, police records show 2,696 vehicles were stolen.
The chief of police, general Bernardo Santana Paez also reported that the suspected killer of three Chinese children in San Pedro de Macoris has been apprehended, as well as an alleged accomplice. The accused is Ulises Jimenez Gil, the suspected murderer, and his uncle, Adriano Gil Dominguez, a loan shark. According to the police report, the killer gave the money that was stolen from the victims to the uncle to pay off a debt. The police have turned the case over to the prosecutor's office in San Pedro de Macoris.
John Francis Dye, an accused pedophile and fugitive from United States justice was returned to North Carolina to await trial on several counts of child molestation and pedophilia. He was found hiding in San Francisco de Macoris by units of the Dominican Drug Enforcement Agency (DNCD), and extradited on an international warrant.

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Thats a lot of murder.