In Sunday's Columbian (April 13), the front page of the Clark County section, Section C had a story with the headline "Suspect in bank robbery arrested". This caught my eye because bank robberies don't seem to occur too often in the area.
Reading on, it turned out that on Friday afternoon, a man robbed an Umpqua Bank branch in Hazel Dell. He handed the teller a note and ran out with the cash, and managed to make his getaway safely. However, an anonymous tip led police to his apartment less than 3 blocks away, where he was arrested. Police identified him based on a photo taken by a bank camera.
The story became really interesting to me in the next paragraph, as it turned out that the bank robber was an old coworker of mine at Salmon Creek Fred Meyer named Alex Bonesteel. He seemed like a cool, laid back person, so I was really surprised to see his name associated with a bank robbery.
Some of the qualities of news covered in this story were Timeliness, Proximity, and Issues in the community. The story was timely because it happened on Friday and the suspect was taken into custody on Saturday, with a court date set for Monday. The bank robbery happened in Clark County, making it in close proximity to the Columbian's readership. Also, crime is an issue in every community, and seeing as robbing a bank falls under the "Crime" category, the bank robbery is a community issue.
2 comments:
I remember that article and thought it was very odd as well due to it being in our area. Bank robberies are not very common in the Hazel Dell/Salmon Creek area and that is so weird you knew the guy who robbed the bank. Nice work!
This is definitely a newsworthy article for the reasons you posted. You also hinted at the unusual nature of it in this area.
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