Crime-ridden convenience store razed
December 05, 2012 @ 11:00 PM
CURTIS JOHNSON
The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON -- Wednesday's demolition of a crime-ridden gas station is a Christmas gift for the Fairfield community.
Those were the words of Sandra Clements, the City Council member who represents the district, as she and others watched an excavator reduce a longtime eyesore to rubble at 1954 9th Ave.
For years, the corner convenience store and gasoline station represented everything bad about Fairfield West attracting drugs, prostitution and violence. That began to change earlier this year with an investigation that revealed at least $127,000 in food stamp fraud and the city's declaration of the property as a public nuisance.
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Rob Tassen of R. B. Tassen Construction Inc. operates an excavator to tear down the former All-In-One store located in HuntingtonÕs Fairfield neighborhood on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in Huntington.
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U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin speaks during a news conference prior to the demolition of the former All-In-One store located in the Fairfield neighborhood on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, in Huntington.
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Several people gather for a press conference concerning the demolition of the former All-In-One store located in the Fairfield neighborhood on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, in Huntington.
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Huntington Police Department Chief Skip Holbrook speaks during a press conference prior to the demolition of the former All-In-One store located in the Fairfield neighborhood on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, in Huntington.
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Rob Tassen of R. B. Tassen Construction Inc. operates an excavator to tear down the former All-In-One store located in HuntingtonÕs Fairfield neighborhood on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in Huntington.
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U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin, right, and Huntington Police Department Chief Skip Holbrook hold a press conference prior to the demolition of the former All-In-One store located in the Fairfield neighborhood on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, in Huntington.
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Mayor Kim Wolfe and others attend a press conference concerning the demolition of the former All-In-One store located in the Fairfield neighborhood on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, in Huntington.
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Rob Tassen of R. B. Tassen Construction Inc. operates an excavator to tear down the former All-In-One store located in HuntingtonÕs Fairfield neighborhood on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in Huntington.
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U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin and Huntington Police Department Chief Skip Holbrook held a press conference prior to the demolition of the former All-In-One store located in the Fairfield neighborhood on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, in Huntington.
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Rob Tassen of R. B. Tassen Construction Inc. operates an excavator to tear down the former All-In-One store located in HuntingtonÕs Fairfield neighborhood on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in Huntington.
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Rob Tassen of R. B. Tassen Construction Inc. operates an excavator to tear down the former All-In-One store located in HuntingtonÕs Fairfield neighborhood on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, in Huntington.
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Lori Wolfe/The Herald-Dispatch
U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin and Huntington Police Department Chief Skip Holbrook held a news conference prior to the demolition of the former All-In-One store located in the Fairfield neighborhood on Wednesday, December 5, 2012, in Huntington.
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