Opinion Paper As in most neighborhoods of Philadelphia, crime takes place in all shapes and forms, just as it does in my neighborhood, East Falls. Burglary, retail theft, and assault are just a few of the crimes that consistently happen around here, fortunately my family and I haven't run into any major problems in these cases. The main problem which we have had over the years was car theft. Thankfully, due to advances in technology …showed first 75 words of 738 total…

…showed last 75 words of 738 total…the trunk. We had it towed and eventually just gave it to the tow truck company because of the bill and the lot fees. That was probably around 1995 and it is now 2001 and we or any relatives have had any of our cars stolen, knock on wood. I think it is basically because of such things as car alarms and the club that car theft has gone down around here or for us at least.