"Acquaintance" assaults rise

A familiar peril on April's Crime Map

by John Hilton

posted 6/1/2010

Click here to view of zoomable map of April, 2010, crime reports from the Ann Arbor Police Department and the public safety departments of the U-M and Pittsfield Township.

Sexual assaults took an alarming jump in April: seventeen assaults and attempts were reported, more than double the eight reported in April 2009. But the increase is not the work of a single sexual predator: a close count of the symbols reveals that "stranger" assaults actually fell, from three last year to two this April. The increase was entirely due to "acquaintance" assaults.

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