SIKESTON - If you do the crime, you will have to do the time. This is a reality many criminals have realized over the past two years as crime has dropped considerably in Sikeston since 2000 and the crackdown is continuing.

In 2000, the City of Sikeston saw 1,214 Part One crimes which include homicide, forcible rape, robbery, assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft and arson. That number dropped 25 percent in 2001 to 886 and went down 11 percent more in 2002 to 786.

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