Within days, 16 businesses broken into; culprits found to be between seven and 14 years old The summer of 1945 was a momentous period in world history. Nazi Germany had surrendered to the Allies, ending the bloodshed in the European theatre of the Second World War. The conflict with Japan had come to an earth-shaking and world-changing conclusion with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But in spite of the dominance of such events in the media, crime still managed to grab headiness. A group of criminals calling themselves the Polka Dot Gang rampaged across Southern Ontario (even paying...
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