Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Practice News Story 3: Crime

When Bob Knotz showed up to work early Wednesday morning, the last thing on his mind was calling the cops, but that’s exactly what he had to do. Mr. Knotz showed up to replace tiles at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints meetinghouse at 1600 East 900 North in Logan, and immediately saw two broken monitors laying on the ground. Combined with the unlocked doors, he called the police.

Logan City Sheriff Deputy Geoffrey Hasty was there at the crime scene. Early reports seem to indicate that a window was left open in one of the offices and that was how one of the perpetrators entered the building. They then let in their accomplices thru the door. Once inside they took two computers out of the offices and broke two monitors. The last person to leave the night before was Bishop Lawrence Shark and it was his office where they gained entry to the building. He apparently opened the window so he could hear the rain outside and forgot to close it upon leaving the building. He responded that he was “Glad that nobody was in the building in the middle of the night” and it “could have been a lot worse.”

Two “people of interest” have been brought in for questioning. Fingerprints were found at the crime scene and a K-9 unit immediately picked up some scents after they were brought in. Sheriff Deputy Hasty assumed that this incident was “simple vandalism” since there didn’t seem to be much planning of the crime. Local neighbor Evelyn Breathwaite seems to agree quoting that “this is out of the ordinary” and saying “I’ve never felt unsafe.”

2 comments:

Emma said...

You did a good job. Your story flowed well from one thought to the next. Is it thru or through? I'm not really sure. Other than that, nice work!

Metta Ray said...

written like a story, easy to read. i liked it.