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Portland police see link between robberies, 'gang' behavior

PORTLAND — The Police Department is seeing more robberies involving guns this year, and police are blaming the trend on the drug culture and a growing gang mentality among the city's youth.

Kate Bucklin • News •
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 8:33 am
Portland police host poetry reading

PORTLAND — Poems in a local police calendar that garnered national attention earlier this year will be the subject of a reading and discussion March 5.

Kate Bucklin • News •
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 9:59 am

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