A non-religious man virtually eliminates local crime with nothing more than a Buddha statue

11th Avenue and East 19th Street was a rough part of town, riddled with criminal activities ranging from prostitution to drug dealing, until Dan Stevenson and his wife Lu purchased a stone Buddha statue from a hardware store and placed it on the corner.

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Fascinating story.