October 14 - Crime Sweep successful in Atlanta neighborhood
Pittsburgh, Georgia made headlines earlier this year with the homophobic beating of Brandon White and the subsequent video of the attack that was posted on Youtube. However, citizens of Pittsburg hope their town will soon be turning around, and a town they can be proud to live in.
Police in Pittsburgh hope that after the recently conducted sweep that their town will be a safer community to live in. The results of the sweep were released on Thursday. Local police, the FBI, and the United State’s District attorney’s office arrested one hundred and five people over a three month period this past summer. The multiple charges filed ranged from drug possession, homicide, and probation violations. Additionally, nearly fifty firearms, including many assault rifles and handguns, four thousand dollars in cash, and over eighty thousand dollars in drugs were also taken off of the streets.
City officials hope to see an economic boom as a result of the sweep. They suspect when people begin to feel that Pittsburgh is a safe place, more businesses will move back into the area. Pittsburgh is a suburb to the south of Atlanta, and is currently a poor neighborhood with little economy of their own.