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Murder up for 109th Pct. in

By Brian Lockhart

Murders doubled to six homicides last year in the 109th Precinct, where rates of burglary and grand theft auto remained high even though overall crime dropped from 1998 levels, Commanding Officer James Waters said.

Crime in general was down in the precinct in 1999 by more than 8 percent when compared to 1998