Both LAist and the Eastsider L.A. are reporting that cops have arrested two adults and two juveniles in possible connection with 10 robberies committed recently in the Echo Park-Silver Lake area. The crimes, sometimes accompanied by savage assaults, have plagued residents since December 30. The crime wave has sent law-breaking stats skyrocketing in communities that have been marked by steady gentrification for the last decade or more.

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