writing a news article.

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Use the following sets of information and facts to write a news story for a daily newspaper. The

news story must contain a Headline, Lead Paragraph, and Body (1 Paragraph).

 Earlier this month, a robbery was apparently committed at a TD Bank on the intersection

of Bank Street and Hunt Club

 George Clyde was charged last year of possession of illegal drugs

 The suspect is scheduled to appear in court next week between November 1 and

November 4

 Ottawa Police have arrested a 17-year-old teen for robbing a good amount of cash

($10,000) from TD bank in the City’s South end

 This incident is the city’s first robbery this year

 Witnesses confirm that the robber is George Clyde who has connections with local gangs

 The arrest was occurred yesterday evening at around 7:30 p.m. on the 1500 block of

Orleans Boulevard in the city’s East end

 Surveillance cameras show a teen fleeing the scene in a silver van

 Ottawa Police found a shotgun with the suspect which could be used in the bank robbery

 Witnesses said that a teen , wearing a ski mask, forced TD bank employees and

customers to lie on the floor while he took money from cash drawers