Dear Mr. Cleary,

 My name is Jenny I have lived in Gloucester City for 10 years. When I first moved here I thought this was the cutest town. The people are nice everyone said good morning, how are you today. Now my 13- year- old son comes home from being out on this nice day and he tells me about the kids on the streets and at the parks. There are kids that are just taking over the city; it’s pretty bad when he\’s telling me he doesn’t want to walk around with his cell phone or I-pod because he is in fear.
\”These kids\” may try to take it from him. Just today he came home and was telling me about the gangs that are going on in this town, this is really sad. He said that the cops can’t or won’t even do anything to help them. He has friends that have been victims of these so called gangs. This to me is pretty sad I know that Gloucester City isn\’t the only town with these problems and I\’m sure your aware of what is going on; I just need to vent a little to you on this maybe you can write up a story. Thank you, Jenny

I grew up in Gloucester City and have lived here for 64 years. And although the city has its problems like so many other small towns I wouldn’t want to live any place else. After reading Jenny’s email several times I was naturally concerned. Do we actually have gangs roaming the streets of our City beating up on kids stealing their cell phones and I-Pods?

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