Detroit man, 95, weeps as he recounts assaults
19-year-old charged in string of carjackings, robberies
BY MATT HELMS
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
SEPT. 3, 2009
A 95-year-old Detroit man wept as he talked about being robbed, carjacked and assaulted by the same young man four times near his home on the city’s west side, expressing the fear and frustration of a region appalled at increasing violence against the elderly.
Detroit Police have told the Free Press that slayings of the elderly have risen 86% in the first half of 2009 compared to the same period last year, amid a rash of brutal assaults against seniors in the suburbs, as well.
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SOURCE: Detroit Free Press
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Many states in the US has an added charge 'Elder Abuse' to crimes against seniors. Other countries should consider this great move.
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