
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, May 22, 1995                   TAG: 9505250013
SECTION: NATL/INTL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                 LENGTH: Short

GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS ON CRIME FRONT

Violent and nonviolent crime reported to police dipped in 1994 for the third consecutive year, the FBI said Sunday. But experts said the figures conceal trouble ahead as teen-age boys commit murder at alarming rates.

Police reports of seven major crimes dropped 3 percent compared with 1993. That included a 4 percent decline in violent crimes and a 3 percent reduction in the far more numerous property crimes, the bureau said.

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