blog post #5

    I recently interviewed two nonprofit organizations on human trafficking. These organizations were love146, and Triad Ladder Of Hope. In these interviews, we talked about signs that people being human trafficked show including; an increase in grades and performance if they were poor students before, tattoos, and brandings of the human trafficker's name or a money bag. It is also a common misconception that human trafficking happens across borders. 

    Recent crime updates entail that according to fox8 "Prosecutors are suggesting that former High Point Police officer Laura Steele spend the next 97 to 121 months in federal prison for conspiring with other members of the Oath Keepers militia group to overturn the 2020 presidential election." According to Fox8 News after a multi-county chase ends, a kidnapping survivor was recovered. According to the High Point department, "The driver ran around the front of the car while clutching something in both hands while the back passenger exited the car while holding a gun in his right hand. Due to the officer’s vigilance and seeing what was occurring, he was already exiting the car, this caught Turner off-guard and he dropped the gun and ran in the other direction."

    Those are the recent updates on crime in High Point, and the recent updates on my beat interviews. The final copy will be done on Wednesday, and I'm planning on interviewing two more nonprofit organizations on Monday.

COM beats blog #4

 I am currently setting up interviews with Tammy Covington, and chief of police Travis Stroud. I am also getting in touch with police of communications Victoria Ruvio, and the non profit organization 1ove146. I am getting in touch with human trafficking survivor Ann Ptak, and Jordan Green writer who covered stories on human trafficking. I am also getting in touch with another non profit organization Sandra Johnson. 

    Updates on crime in High Point involve the following. According to fox8 news High Point triples fines for tampering with utility meters "High Point noticed a 42% uptick in reports of meter meddling and decided to raise the fine in an effort to deal with the problem (Fambro)." Also according to fox8 news A High Point Man was sentenced for 6 to 13 years for sexual assault "Carter’s DNA was a match with the samples from the SANE kit and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Carter was located and arrested the next day, April 9, 2020 (Stamps)." 

COM beats reporting blog update #3

     The topic I decided to cover for my first beat is human trafficking in High Point North Carolina. According too fox8 news Ashley Green, 36, was just recently charged with human trafficking. She was charged with nine counts of first degree sexual exploitation. And one count of promoting prostitution, and another count of human trafficking. She took pictures of a teenager and promoted commercial sex advertisements, she also had the teenager participate in prostitution. Bringing awareness too human trafficking will be able to help put a stop too it. A lot of human trafficking victims new the person who put them in this situation prior to when it actually happened. They just didn't know the type of person that they really were. According to fox 8 news “North Carolina-funded sexual assault agencies served 368 human trafficking victims from July 2020 to June 2021…60% of offenders were people who were known to the victim and held a position of trust with them such as a coach or a family member (Mikkelson & Bowyer).” Places of large gatherings often also have more ties to human trafficking because people get lost in the crowd, such as the High Point Furniture market. Non profit organizations similar to love146 help assist human trafficking survivors, and try their best to prevent human trafficking from happening by bringing awareness to the situation. North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault also provide direct service providers to help assist survivors and those struggling. I am researching more into whether or not statistics go up with human trafficking during the High Point furniture market by reaching out too Tammy Covington, the president and chief executive of this market. I also will be reaching out too police chief Travis Stroud to get an interview from him. And police communications specialist, Victoria Ruvio. I plan on doing more research with non profit organizations similar to love146, and North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault too interview these organizations on human trafficking.

    

COM beats reporting blog update #2

     This past week a number of crimes have been committed in the area. Ranging from incidents, robberies, and fatalities. According to the high point police department website, on September 1st 2023, EMS were dispatched too interstate 74 in high point due too a head on crash. Andrew Cabel Jones a 21 year old from high point was the operator of the one vehicle, and was pronounced dead at the scene. The tractor trailer had contained two people, and neither of them sustained injury. As further investigation is taking place, speed seemed to have played a huge role in the factors of this collision. No impairment is suspected, and no charges are going to be filed at this time. According to the high point police department on August 28th 2023 at 3:00am a crime was committed at the Glass City Smoke Shop, where officers responded to an alarm. Upon arrival the business was broken into, the officers than found one suspect who attempted to flee. There were also two other suspects located at the scene. One suspect Mr. Dakota R. Dockery was charged an arrested with this felony. He was taken before a Guilford County Magistrate and received a 1,000 unsecured bond and was released. The other two suspects were charged with the same charges as Dockery but on juvenile petitions, they were then entered in a NCIC as Runways out of Charlotte. According too high point police department, early in August on the 4th, threat of mass violence was taken to a local business owner. He received this message anonymous through a messaging system. Their were also statements made in this message about mass threat of violence too a religious institution. An investigation was open and the high point police department was able too identify and arrest a suspect in this case. No further information has been released. 

    Those are the updates on latest crimes committed. I will be adding these recent crime updates to my crime beat notes, and will be extending my sources next week. These sources will be extended too high point campus security, and more local news stations including Fox8.