Stan Wayridge is a character who is mentioned in Grand Theft Auto III.
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Wayridge is a writer for the Liberty Tree newspaper.
In February 2001, Wayridge wrote an article about the rising crime rates in Liberty City. He writes that murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, motor vehicle theft and arson are "up 11%". Whilst violent offenses (murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault) are "up 73%". Murders meanwhile have "increased four fifths from last years 23% of what it had been previously".
For the article, Crime Report Card: Stay Home and Watch TV!, he has quotes from Police Chief Daryl M. Zolotowski and residents of Chinatown.