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Coronavirus grinds everything to a halt, even crime

By Salena Zito
Published March 28, 2020 4:00am ET
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Coronavirus grinds everything to a halt, even crime
CONNEAUT, Ohio — Wednesday morning, detective Taylor Cleveland called to say crime in his Ashtabula County hometown bottomed out in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. By Thursday morning, on my drive to the northeastern Lake Erie city, he called and said 75% of the force is home in quarantine and that he has gone […]

CONNEAUT, Ohio — Wednesday morning, detective Taylor Cleveland called to say crime in his Ashtabula County hometown bottomed out in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. By Thursday morning, on my drive to the northeastern Lake Erie city, he called and said 75% of the force is home in quarantine and that he has gone from detective to acting chief of police.

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