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She couldn't pinpoint exactly when things started to change, but that summer, Cumberland, Rhode Island, was actually experiencing kind of a juvenile crime wave.
Yeah, boys around the neighborhood who were, like, once friendly, awkward little kids had started to feel kind of menacing and dangerous.
And according to Andrea, a list of minor and major infractions included a number of petty thefts, gangland assaults on the schoolyard playground, from vicious pranks to more threatening encounters with rumors of weapons involved.
And things took a very serious turn when, again, according to Andrea, there was a, quote, attempted sexual assault on a young girl who...
who had been gagged and bound to playground equipment at their elementary school.
Yeah, so shit was getting fucking gnarly.
Between 1970 and 1974, violent crime in Cumberland, Rhode Island, increased more than 60%.
So like this wasn't just a feeling that something weird was happening.