Current Event Worksheet
PART I, Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate information.
1. Title of Article: “Reynoldsburg Couple Charge with Human Trafficking
2. Publication Source (ex: Time Magazine, USA Today, LA Times, etc.): The Columbus Dispatch
3. Page # OR Website URL (address): http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/04/17/reynoldsburg-couple-indicted.html
4. Date of Publication (When was it written?):
This article was written on Friday April 17, 2015
PART II, Directions: Answer the questions with COMPLETE SENTENCES.
1. Who? Who is involved? Who does/did the situation affect? Who is the article written about?
Thomas M. Williamson and Michelle N. Feldman where involved in the Human Trafficking scandal. The victims involved where not identified. This situation affects the family of those who got put into the Human Trafficking, as well as the families of the couple who were capturing the women.
2. What? What is happening/What did happen? What are the consequences? What is your position on the issue? The females were captured and used for sex, Feldman and Williamson also face extortion, sexual battery, grand theft and felonious-assault counts as a result of the women
3. When? When did or will this happen? When was it discovered?
This happened July 18th,2013 – March 4th,2015.
4. Where? Where did or will this happen?
This incident happened in Reynoldsburg, Ohio the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio
5. Why? Why did this happen/Why will it happen? Why is this important?
This happened because; people are naïve to the tricks that people play online. This is important because this can help save someone from the false dating sites, and to be careful and safe.
6. How? How did it/will it happen? How much does/did it cost? How many people does this affect? How does this situation affect you? How do you feel about this? How does this affect us today?
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