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...credit, Sully's Billiards in Brighton,run by the garrulous Mike, might have slightlymore character than its competition. This stemsfrom the fact that its full name is actuallySully's Auto Body/Billiards. The parking lot thatsurrounds the building on three sides is litteredwith rusted-out caddies and banged-upsport-utility-vehicles, all seemingly automotiveprojects in various stages of repair...
...about 10 companies in 1994 to some 50 participants last year. Giants such as GE Capital, Norwest Financial and Ford's Associates First Capital came barreling in alongside lesser-known newcomers. But the overcrowded field swiftly became unforgiving. For example, the market value of Mercury Finance, a sub-prime auto lender in Lake Forest, Ill., collapsed from $2.2 billion to $130 million last year after the company disclosed that it had overstated profits...
Property crime, such as car theft and larceny, has declined 18.4 percent since 1995, although the rate of auto theft did not significantly decline from 1996 to 1997, the report shows...
...Peabody neighborhood including the Quad and parts of Radcliffe, saw a rising rates of street robberies in 1997 over a similar period in 1996, although drug arrests and auto thefts were down...
SHOCK THERAPY With all the politicians getting tough on crime, it was only a matter of time before car-theft victims got into the act. Now Air Taser's Auto Taser, a $250 steering-wheel lock, lets vengeful car owners dole out their own brand of punishment against would-be thieves. If break-in artists ignore the Auto Taser's wailing alarm, they're greeted with a 50,000-volt "nonlethal" electric shock. Talk about a sting operation...