Saturday, October 10, 2009

Man held in assault, peeping Tom cases—October 9, 2009—By: Keith Epps

Man held in assault, peeping Tom cases—October 9, 2009—By: Keith Epps


Summary: On Thursday, Mario Arcos-Gonzalez was arrested and charged with burglary with the intent to commit assault, two counts of being peeping Tom, and indecent exposure. All the incidents took place at Townsend Square, between July and Wednesday night. A resident saw him on the night of October 1, 2009 and called it in, including his license plate number. He was arrested, with his most serious charge being breaking into a house and choking a fifteen-year-old girl in the middle of the night. He’s currently being held at the Rappahannock Regional Jail under no bond.


Critic: One thing this article doesn’t do is explain the second charge of being a peeping Tom, though it is mentioned. Another thing wrong with this article is its need for spell checkin. In on instance, the author wrote “man man” is sequence, when only one “man” is necessary. From the context surrounding this occurrence, it would seem the author meant “the man,” not “man man.” At the end, the article includes a phone number, but not an area code. While locals are most likely the only ones to be reading this and calling in, it is bad form to leave out a phone number’s area code, especially considering the fact many cell phone require the caller to include the area code of their call.


Becky Walker

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