Arrested developments: The crime streets of Athens
Last year, The Red & Black began compiling crime data to create an online crime map. For this semester-long series we took that crime data and found 10 of the more residential crime-ridden streets in Athens Clarke-County. With Jan. 1, 2010 as our starting date, we tallied the crimes on the streets of the University’s home county to create our list. Here is the 10th and final entry, Hickman Drive.
Chris Brown and Terrence Clark said their street has issues, but they say the crime comes from outsiders instead of residents. PHOTO BY WES BLANKENSHIP
Chris Brown and Terrence Clark said their street has issues, but they say the crime comes from outsiders instead of residents. PHOTO BY WES BLANKENSHIP
FORGOTTEN: Some residents are feeling ‘trapped’ on Hickman Drive
There are certain things a child can never unsee.
A grown man turning into a rag doll as a bullet tears through his chest, countless drug deals and neighbors being carried away on stretchers are just a few of the scars the children of Raymont Baugh’s neighborhood will have to carry with them for the rest of their lives.
Baugh spoke of a neighborhood located at the heart of the community but pushed to the back of the minds of most Athens residents.
He spoke of Hickman Drive.
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