If it wasn’t so downright discouraging and – for obvious reasons – disturbing, it would almost (notice I say almost) be funny. You know what I mean, the constant stream of repeat offenders that one sees on a near-daily basis in the pages of The Evening Sun. Whether it’s your daily dose of the Police Blotter, a county court round-up or the monthly installment of grand jury indictments, more often than not there seems to be at least one or two (or three or four) names that “ring a bell,” if you get my drift.

Not that it hasn’t always been that way, I’m sure; every village, town and city has its fair share of troublemakers and ne’er-do-wells.

Regardless, it’s fairly easy to break the more serious criminal activities in our area down, if in a general sort of way: predatory sex, drugs and crimes committed in an effort to purchase and/or steal more drugs. And while alcohol abuse and drunk driving also rate right up there, well, that’s nothing new, is it?