With crime down, Barrington Place Apartments has become 'a good place to live' - News - The Fayetteville Observer
By Nichole Manna Staff writer
A Fayetteville apartment complex that was almost closed by the city can now be used as an example for other establishments facing city -forced closures, officials say. A year ago, residents at Barrington Place Apartments , known then as Cambridge Arms Apartments , were used to the sounds of screaming voices during neighborhood fights, followed by gunshots. "Two or three times a night you'd hear gunshots," longtime resident George Edmonds said. "There were meth labs, stabbings, people were getting robbed, you'd have people trying to get in your apartment." From June 2013 to May 2014, Fayetteville police say they were called to the complex 142 times. The majority of calls were for domestic assaults and residential break-ins. Two people were killed during that timeframe. From June 2014 to May 2015, police were called to the complex 77 times, a decrease of 46 percent. Break-ins are down 65 percent and domestic assaults down 44...