LORAIN, Ohio — Mayor Jack Bradley is making streetlight repairs a key part of his administration’s efforts to curb violent crime, linking darkened areas of the city to areas with higher rates of offenses.

At last week’s Lorain City Council Meeting, Bradley said the city recently discovered that approximately 500 of Lorain’s 6,000 streetlights were not working — many of them in neighborhoods with the highest crime rates.

“We got in touch with First Energy and said, ‘Hey, we’re paying you a lot of money every month. We can’t have these street lights out,’ ” Bradley said.

Bradley said the utility company began repairs last week, addressing more than 100 outages so far, with plans to continue this week. The city also intends to replace some existing fixtures with LED streetlights, which pro

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