Walmart doesn’t just aggregate items once found in Mom and Pop shops – they aggregate criminals, too! “To me, there is an absolute nexus between Wal-Mart and increase crime generated in an area,” [West Boylston, PA Police Chief Minnich] said, adding officers respond to shopliftings, thefts and assaults.

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