Regional digest.
COLUMN: Regional digest Man accused of stealing from register ASHBURNHAM - A Leominster man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly robbing a Cumberland Farms Store on Main Street Saturday. Felix Santana, 29, of Pine Street, Leominster, was charged with unarmed robbery and larceny of...

Knife crimes, domestic attacks rise in Worcester; Chief notes fewer shootings, more stab victims.
Byline: Scott J. Croteau WORCESTER - Crime statistics released as part of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report show violent crime in the city over the first six months of 2007 increased, compared to the same time frame in 2006. But...

Giving critical context to the deportee phenomenon.
Good-bye to my Juan, good-bye Rosalita Adios mis amigos, Jesus y Maris You won't have a name when you ride the big airplane And all they will call you will be deportees. --"Deportees (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)," lyrics by Woody Guthrie (1961) More than...

Crime by the numbers.
Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard When a cop makes a bust for methamphetamine in Douglas County, the trail to the supplier consistently takes that cop one county to the north: Lane County. That's where the big dealers are, said Lt. Curt Strickland, commander of the...

When crime pays.
Between federal, state, and local jurisdictions, countless acts and omissions are deemed illegal, each with numerous elements and characteristics. Given this immensity, when monitoring and analyzing crime rates and trends, researchers generally use a crime typology in their methodology. Crime typologies are designed to capture specific components of crime,...

City Crime Rankings: Crime in Metropolitan America, 11th ed.
HV6025 0-7401-0935-9 City crime rankings; crime in metropolitan America, 11th ed. Title main entry. Ed. by Kathleen O'Leary Morgan and Scott Morgan. Morgan Quitno Press, [c]2004 408 p. $44.95 (pa) Where is the easiest place...

City's falling crime rate bucks nationwide trend.
Byline: Rebecca Nolan The Register-Guard Violent crime dropped precipitously in Eugene during the first six months of the year, with a significant decrease in the number of aggravated assaults and reported rapes. According to statistics released Monday by the FBI, violent crime in the city...

Summer Nationals shifting elsewhere? Promoter is facing host of problems.
Byline: WORCESTER - WORCESTER - The future of the New England Summer Nationals, a long-running fixture in the city, may lie elsewhere. Its promoter is shopping the car show to other communities while he deals with larceny and conspiracy charges against him in the alleged theft of...

Crime stats show some increases; Police chief reports arrests also rose in 2007.
Byline: Elaine Thompson SHREWSBURY - The number of reported stolen automobiles and vehicle break-ins in town dramatically increased last year, but the cases of identity theft and larceny were down. Including all criminal activities and incidents involving motor vehicles, animal control, medical and other service...

Driver in crash was sex offender; Police say pot, alcohol in truck.
Byline: Kim Ring EAST BROOKFIELD - A registered sex offender was arraigned yesterday on charges he provided alcohol to two 20-year-old men and then crashed his truck into a tree, injuring himself and the men Monday afternoon. Dennis P. O'Shea, 56, of 37...