Crime surges in Metro system

Published February 22, 2011 5:00am ET



More Metro riders got mugged, pickpocketed, assaulted and even raped last year during the worst crime spike to hit the transit system in at least the past six years. Overall, 2,279 serious crimes were reported throughout the agency in 2010, according to Metro statistics. That’s 79 percent more crimes than the 1,274 investigated in 2005.

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