Journalism: write a page brightener based on the following reporter’s notes

you will write a page brightener based on the following reporter’s notes (which you can also download).

THE FOLLOWING ARE REPORTER’S NOTES

THE REPORTER IS WRITING DOWN LT. BEGG’S WORDS VERBATIM

YOU COULD EVEN IMAGINE HIM TALKING TO HIS SOURCE AT THE POLICE STATION, LT. BEGG, OVER THE PHONE. IT’S YOUR JOB TO TURN THESE REPORTER’S NOTES INTO A FUNNY NEWS STORY BY USING THE TECHNIQUES TAUGHT IN CLASS.

WRITE A HEADLINE (USING ONE OF THE HOOK TECHNIQUES). REMEMBER, A HEADLINE IS A FRAGMENT
WRITE A HOOK LEAD (USING ONE OF THE HOOK TECHNIQUES). REMEMBER, A LEAD IS A COMPLETE SENTENCE
TELL THE STORY IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
END WITH LT. BEGG’S QUOTE OR A FINAL OBSERVATION
REMEMBER, TO KEEP IT FUNNY! YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BE CREATIVE (ADD DETAIL) IF IT MAKES THE STORY MORE HUMOROUS
EXTRA CREDIT: WRITE THREE DIFFERENT HOOK LEADS BEFORE DECIDING ON ONE TO USE IN THE STORY. ATTACH THEM TO THE STORY
REPORTER’S NOTES: THE ROBBERY SQUAD JUST NABBED A GUY WHO MUST BE THE DUMBEST THIEF IN THE WORLD . THEY HAD A BURGLARY THE OTHER NIGHT AT THE COPPER KETTLE RESTAURANT. NOT A BIG DEAL. THE BURGLAR GOT ABOUT A HUNDRED BUCKS FROM THE CASH REGISTER AND BROKE OPEN A CIGARETTE MACHINE AND TOOK MAYBE FIFTY BUCKS WORTH OF CIGARETTES. THEY CAUGHT THE GUY THIS MORNING. FOUND HIS FINGERPRINTS IN THE RESTAURANT. HE WAS ON FILE BECAUSE HE’D BEEN ARRESTED BEFORE. HE GOT HUNGRY WHILE HE WAS IN THE PLACE AND FIXED HIMSELF A BOWL OF CHILI. LEFT HIS FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER THE BOWL AND SPOON HE USED. NAME IS PETE RIGSBY. ARREST LAST YEAR WAS FOR THEFT. HE SERVED 30 DAYS. DETECTIVES JUST WENT OVER TO HIS HOUSE AND THERE HE WAS.