… I was propositioned by hookers sitting on my front porch,” at about 9 a.m. on a recent Saturday, Inks said. ”Drugs and prostitutes are running like crazy.”
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Concertgoers enjoy the Summer Concert Series at Firestone Park. The City of Akron hosted a National Night Out: Crime Prevention Awareness event at the Firestone Park Community Center which shared the evening with the concert on Tuesday. (Paul Tople/Akron Beacon Journal)
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About 150 residents of the Firestone Park area joined neighborhoods throughout Akron and across the nation Tuesday evening to celebrate the National Night Out Against Crime.
Their goal is to raise awareness of ways to fight crime.
John Galonski, an assistant prosecutor with the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office, said he found out the hard way that anyone can be a crime victim. He told the crowd that his home was burglarized while the family was away.
”We looked like we weren’t home,” he said. He recommended leaving a radio or te …

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