Hilltop woman hopes 27 arrests help community [Video]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Division of Police arrested 27 people at a Hilltop neighborhood home on Thursday afternoon and recovered guns and drugs.

Lisa Boggs has lived in the neighborhood for about 40 years. She loves the area and works to clean it up. Boggs said the recent arrests will make an impact.

“That’s going to make a huge difference for the neighbors. They have to live that life seeing people come and go. There’s usually criminal activity surrounding that area,” said Boggs.

Boggs said the neighborhood will be calmer after the arrests. She said the community has to be resilient and not give up on improving.

“There’s more, a lot more. We have several in my neighborhood. It’s significant, but not all were arrested. They will move onto another community,” said Boggs.

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