Month: November 2025

By Tori Apodaca

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    SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A social media challenge is causing some costly damage in Elk Grove, with at least five children recently arrested for vandalism.

Elk Grove police said it is called the “Door Kick Challenge,” where kids are running up to people’s doors, kicking them in and then running off.

Sergeant Jason Jimenez said that over the last 30 days, the department has gotten eight reports of this challenge and has made five arrests, with two of those being arrests of 13-year-olds. The ages of the other three weren’t given, but police described them in a press release as “youngsters.”

Jimenez said one doorframe was busted so badly that it cost upwards of $900 to fix. Anything above $950 could be felony charges, and the parents would be held responsible for paying for the repairs.

The fear it is causing the people on the other side is immeasurable.

“Somebody could come out with a gun, and you could never know, these kids could be dead just for a stupid prank,” said Ronnie Monroe, who showed CBS13 his dented garage door.

Monroe said his garage got kicked in by kids in back-to-back weeks in September. The first kicks came at 1 a.m. one week and the next ones around 5 a.m.

“The granddaughter came flying in and she was scared, all panicky, which I can understand that,” Monroe said.

His family hopped in their cars to chase the kids, only to find them at another neighbor’s door doing the same thing.

“It sounds like someone is kicking down your door to try and hurt your family,” Jiminez said.

Jimenez said school resource officers have been helping identify the kids in the videos.

“What starts off as a simple challenge or trend may be fun to some, but can be traumatizing and traumatic to others,” he said.

Another door-kicking victim shared a video with CBS13 of the alleged door kickers riding up on their e-bikes. You can then hear a big boom. The person said the kicks were so intense, they thought a car accident had happened.

“You can’t catch them if you can’t see them,” said Monroe. “They get on electric bikes, and they are gone.”

Police hope kids will kick this trend to the curb before a kid kicks on the wrong person’s door.

Sgt. Jimenez is asking all parents to please have a conversation with their children about the dangers of this challenge, and if it happens to your home, call 911.

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By Abigail Kurten

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    EDDYVILLE, Iowa (KCCI) — An Eddyville restaurant is cutting salads off its menu due to skyrocketing lettuce costs.

In a Facebook post Wednesday morning, the owner of the Welcome Inn Bar and Grill posted a photo of the cost of 20 pounds of shredded lettuce, totaling just under $80.

Normally, she says, it’s at most $23.

“I was like, what the heck?” Owner Netty Johnson said. She only came to the decision to remove salads from the menu entirely after she tried three different distributors to no avail.

“They’re all way higher,” she said.

Andrew Olsavsky, the Sales and Marketing Vice President of Des Moines-based produce distributor Loffredo Fresh Foods, says price spikes this year are expected.

Most lettuce seen in stores and restaurants is grown in California from April to November. This time of year, production shifts to the Yuma Valley in Arizona.

“When they transition all that production from Salinas (Valley) to Yuma, the supply tightens up and causes our prices to go up,” he explained. “If they have some late-season weather in the Salinas Valley or some early-season weather in Yuma, it can really tighten up supplies and drive up costs.”

Though he says the early yields in Arizona are promising, costs will likely come down in the coming weeks.

But in the meantime, Johnson says it’s not something she can easily find solutions for.

“I cannot run 30 miles this way or 60 miles this way to try and go and get this or that,” she said. “I really rely on my distributors.”

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By Nick Sloan

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    KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KMBC) — A man who admitted defrauding developers behind two major Kansas City-area hotel projects was sentenced Tuesday to 46 months in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $7.8 million in restitution.

U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree sentenced David Ingram, 73, for wire fraud.

His prison term will run consecutively to a sentence he is already serving in Florida.

He was allowed to voluntarily surrender and will complete three years of supervised release.

According to court records, Ingram falsely claimed he could secure multimillion-dollar loans for two stalled hotel developments, a proposed Hard Rock Hotel in Edwardsville and a Hyatt House at 9th and Broadway in Kansas City, Missouri.

Developers paid him deposits totaling more than $3.9 million, which prosecutors say he wired to foreign accounts or kept despite never delivering financing.

Ingram pleaded guilty in August.

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By Adam Roberts

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    JONESBORO, Ark. (KHBS, KHOG) — A former Jonesboro police officer caught on video beating a handcuffed inmate will spend 30 days in jail.

Joseph Tucker Harris, 29, pleaded guilty to third-degree battery and filing a false report with a law enforcement agency.

In exchange, prosecutors dropped a charge of aggravated assault in the case. Harris was sentenced to spend 30 days in jail and 90 days under monitored home confinement. He will then be on probation for four years.

Video from the back of Harris’ patrol car in August 2024 showed him punching and elbowing the victim in the face. It also showed him slamming the car door on his head.

The Jonesboro police chief watched the video about the county sheriff’s office told him about the incident. He fired Harris after viewing the footage.

“In the moment, I thought he was going to kill me. I’ve dealt with a lot of cops, but never one as vicious as Officer Harris,” Billy Lee Coram said in a statement released by his attorneys in 2024. “He was stone cold; he didn’t say nothing and was just hell-bent on punishing me.”

Harris was transferring Coram from the hospital back to the county jail.

Harris’ record Harris had worked for the Jonesboro Police Department for five years before the beating.

He was suspended in 2022 for using excessive force during an arrest at a nightclub.

He was a defendant in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in June 2024 over the death of an inmate in the Craighead County Detention Center.

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By Emily Pofahl

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    MILWAUKEE (WISN) — Julius Campbell, each morning and afternoon, walks to the corner of 51st Boulevard and Roosevelt Drive to help Yeshiva Elementary School students cross the street.

After 30 years, he has no plans to retire. Even as he prepares to celebrate a milestone birthday.

Campbell turns 100 years old next month.

“I just like working with kids,” Campbell said.

Campbell didn’t join the Milwaukee crossing guard until he was 69 years old. Before that, he was a 3rd grade teacher. Before that, he was in the Navy — serving during World War II.

Campbell said working with the students keeps him engaged.

“I’ve learned more than I can express,” he said, “about fellowship and communication.”

When asked about the secret to his longevity, Campbell said the answer is having purpose and having faith.

“I made a promise and I’m going to keep it until the end if it’s possible. If it’s God’s will.”

Campbell’s dedication was recently recognized at the Milwaukee Police Department’s Merit Awards, where he received the Chief’s Superior Leadership Award.

“To give someone their flowers while they’re alive is the greatest honor,” said Chief Jeffrey Norman. “He’s an inspiration to individuals such as myself.”

Campbell also feels grateful.

“I’d like to give thanks to all people. They have made me what I am.”

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By Zoe Hunt

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    SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (KSBW) — Santa Cruz has paused its statewide FLOCK camera data sharing after discovering that out-of-state agencies, including ICE, accessed license plate data illegally without local police knowledge, prompting community concern and reevaluation of FLOCK camera use.

Out-of-state agencies had illegal access to several California FLOCK camera databases, including those in Santa Cruz and Capitola, unbeknownst to local police.

FLOCK cameras capture the license plates of cars driving by, and a national search tool has been added without informing local police.

Capitola Police Chief Sarah Ryan said, “Capitola PD became aware of this issue only after receiving a Public Records Act request in October 2025.”

The department has since discovered that some of those searches were done for ICE.

Since February 11, measures have been put in place to prevent future occurrences, including deactivating the national search tool.

Concerns have arisen that agencies within California have also been conducting database searches on behalf of these out-of-state agencies, prompting Santa Cruz to pause all in-state FLOCK camera data sharing as of Tuesday night.

Capitola police have also paused data sharing since November 7.

With the knowledge that some searches were done for ICE, Capitola and Santa Cruz police reaffirmed that they do not conduct any immigration enforcement operations nor assist federal agencies in doing so.

Santa Cruz police reassured the public that while these searches were happening, it does not mean that agencies like ICE were actually pulling this data to use for operations. These searches were broad and happening across the country.

The city of Santa Cruz will meet again on December 9 to discuss the results of its review.

Meanwhile, FLOCK cameras are currently used by several departments across and there are 310 total on the Central Coast.

Salinas police alone have over 100 cameras across the city.

Other cities like Marina, Seaside, and Monterey each have more than 30 cameras, while Watsonville shows 20 in FLOCK’s transparency portal, and Santa Cruz has 8.

San Juan Bautista lists 3, and the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office shows 12.

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