Sentence examples for a pattern of crimes from inspiring English sources

A series of sexual assaults in southeastern Queens was identified on Saturday as a pattern of crimes that the police believe was committed by a single suspect.

"They read about it in the media or see it on TV and they figure if it works for the other guy, it would work for me," he said, adding that increases in robberies often reflect a pattern of crimes involving one person committing more than one robbery.

Geared toward ongoing organized criminal activities, the underlying tenet of RICO is to prove and prohibit a pattern of crimes conducted through an "enterprise," which the statute defines as "any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, and any union or group of individuals associated in fact although not a legal entity".

We see a pattern of crimes that only occur because people need money to buy drugs.

Soon, a pattern of crime and misery, already associated with OxyContin abuse in states like Maine and West Virginia, unfolded.

By the time he turned 16, he was locked into a pattern of crime and self-harm, often at the same time.

But the report documents a pattern of crime that has become synonymous with the Chicago or Illinois "way" of doing things.

For all the unusual features of the case, Steenkamp's killing appears to fit a pattern of crime repeated over and over in South Africa.

When there is a pattern of crime, it seems to diminish the importance of a single event".

While it draws heavily on news accounts and public records, center officials said it was the most comprehensive compilation of statements and events showing a pattern of hate crimes in Suffolk that were at least tacitly condoned — if not actively encouraged — by some local leaders.

In the past, rustlers invaded pastoralist communities with arrows and spears, but the practice has now evolved into a pattern of organised crime with immense criminal sophistication, and rustlers have succeeded in building vast networks that cut across different nationalities (Alemika 2013).