As a 43-year newspaper editor, retired in 1996, I can tell you the job of every good newspaper: Hold up a mirror to its community. If it happens, you report it. Crime beats have been a part of newspapers since crimes were committed. The very definition of news is to report the unusual. Unusually good or unusually bad. I would think that those who live in The Villages, permanently or over the winter, would want to know where the crimes are being committed so they know where they need to be more cautious than at other places. No place on earth is perfect, not even the marvelous The Villages. We can't be ostriches.
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