Gang-Related Crimes Triple in Small Tennessee Towns

By Suzanne Robertson on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 2:16pm

Gang-related crimes statewide rose by nearly 25 percent in 2011, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. They have more than doubled since 2005, the first year gang crimes saw a significant spike. But the real story isn’t necessarily in cities -- in that same time period, cities with fewer than 50,000 residents saw gang crime more than triple. The Tennessean reports