255 reported crimes in two years on two River North blocks

Kim Cooper and her husband have lived in the same River North apartment for 20 years. For most of them, she said, the balcony was the best place in the neighborhood to take in the view.

Not anymore.

“We’ve seen people having sex. We’ve seen people defecating,” Cooper said. “It can literally be just a floor of garbage. That includes needles, dirty underwear and a lot of food products, which is attracting a lot of rats.”…

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