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Unwelcome visitor: Home and apartment break-ins have almost doubled in Metro in the last 10 years to about one every half-hour
Unwelcome visitor: Home and apartment break-ins have almost doubled in Metro in the last 10 years to about one every half-hour

Unwelcome visitor: Home and apartment break-ins have almost doubled in Metro in the last 10 years to about one every half-hour

Date4/30/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Unwelcome visitor: Home and apartment break-ins have almost doubled in Metro in the last 10 years to about one every half-hour
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0120622F
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