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During a Monday news conference, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell addressed the recent crime wave affecting neighborhoods in North Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, Sylmar, Valley Village, Valley Glen, and Toluca Lake, among other places.
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Julie Sharp, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Tuesday was the second time Ragan was spared from the death penalty — also for an offense stemming from his 2013 crime wave.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
The post-pandemic crime wave has receded, and then some.
—Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
Maura Healey was the attorney general for most of the Ponzo crime wave.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 21 Nov. 2025
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Julie Sharp, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
Tuesday was the second time Ragan was spared from the death penalty — also for an offense stemming from his 2013 crime wave.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
The post-pandemic crime wave has receded, and then some.
—Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
Maura Healey was the attorney general for most of the Ponzo crime wave.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Crime wave.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crime%20wave. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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