Southeastern graduate student Shelby Bordelon is crowned Miss Louisiana 2026

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Farrah Reed

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    Louisiana (WDSU) — Southeastern is celebrating one of their graduate students as Shelby Bordelon has been crowned Miss Louisiana 2026.

The Iberville Parish native competed in Saturday’s pageant in Monroe as Miss Port City.

She is no stranger to the stage as she was Miss Southeastern in 2024 and Miss Slidell in 2025.

She plans to use her crown to promote impaired driving prevention after she lost a childhood friend in a crash in 2024.

Bordelon will vie for the title of Miss America 2027 on Sept. 6 in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Hey, Cousin – What I Saw on Juneteenth at Andre Jackson’s Plantation โ€“ FINAL

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Ben Jealous

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    June 23, 2026 (Houston Style Magazine) — On Juneteenth, I traveled to the Hermitage, President Andrew Jackson’s plantation outside Nashville, to celebrate Black music. Neither Juneteenth nor Black music had ever been celebrated there before.

Lela Harris flew in from Maryland. She descends from Alfred, born enslaved on that land. When freedom came, he chose the name Jackson for himself. He asked to be buried beside the president, and he was.

She stood on that same ground and spoke. Other descendants of the enslaved came too. Hundreds of Black folks. Hundreds of White folks. Likely the largest gathering of Black people there since slavery ended.

Lela grew up with a tradition. Her family believes they descend from Andrew Jackson himself. Others say that cannot be, that Jackson fathered no children. The family carries the story. The records carry a silence.

My cousins are the Hemingses of Monticello. For centuries they said they descend from Thomas Jefferson, through Sally Hemings, the enslaved half-sister of his wife. They were told it was impossible. Then the science proved them right.

I told the crowd to call each other cousin, and I meant it plainly. If your family has been in Tennessee or Virginia a long time, the odds are good that — Black, White, or Native — you are kin to people who do not look like you. All afternoon you could hear it across that lawn. “Hey, Cousin!”

Cris Corley is an eighth-generation Tennessee farmer. His family included soldiers who fought alongside Andrew Jackson, and he grew up proud of that. Cris has fought for racial justice in Tennessee. He teared up that day.

Cris remembers when his elementary school in Alexandria, Tennessee, was desegregated.

A White father stormed in, using a slur for the Black children and swearing his kids would never sit beside them. The principal knocked him down where he stood. He decided that was better than letting a man block the schoolhouse door. Young Cris agreed.

The good people won that day.

Cris has a friend, Charlie High, who fights beside him today. Charlie remembers his own father coming home from the courthouse one day, excited. He had watched Diane Nash and the students from Fisk stand their ground. His dad then marched his young White children around the living room, the way Nash had marched, and praised them.

I am proud of the Hermitage team for not flinching, for digging into the hard questions instead of hiding from them. It is why I tell people we must step into the gray. We have always been more connected, and more human, than the history books let us believe.

Juneteenth was the right day to remember all of it. In a single instant, the government stopped calling human beings property and started calling them the political equals of the men who had owned them. There may be no other holiday that marks a turn so complete and so sudden.

So we stood on sacred and stained ground, and we sang, and we called each other cousin. We cannot control what was done to us, or for us. We control only what we build now.

Ghosts cannot heal us. Only we can do that.

The oldest truth my grandmother, Mamie Bland Todd, ever taught me was this: our people were always free. Strange, from a woman with three grandparents born into slavery. But it is both a basic Christian principle and a law of nature.

Her third great-grandfather carried that same fire. His name was Richard Bland. In 1766, he published a pamphlet asserting that very point against the British crown: under English government, all men are born free, regardless of what the King said.

Richard owned people even as he wrote it. His blood runs on both sides of the line. Two of his grandsons were half-brothers. They shared a father. One was born free. The other, Frederick, was born enslaved, six years the elder. Two brothers. One father. One owned the other.

That is my family. That is the country.

Our cousin, President Thomas Jefferson, had a word for that freedom. He wrote that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights. Among them: liberty.

Unalienable. It cannot be sold, surrendered, taken away, or even granted. And like the Blands, his family owned their own kin. His words outran him too.

From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War to the civil rights movement, the fight was never to “win” our freedom. It was to make a nation finally recognize what was already true: freedom is a right of all humanity. Period. Full stop.

As we mark 250 years as a nation, that is still the work. To finally defend the freedom of every last one of our cousins. Because that is what we all are.

Hey, Cousin!

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Arrest warrant issued for country artist Bailey Zimmerman in New Mexico

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Vincent Rodriguez

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    ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KOAT) — An arrest warrant has been issued for country music artist Bailey Zimmerman in New Mexico following the cancellation of his Albuquerque concert in May.

According to court documents filed in Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court, Zimmerman was scheduled to perform a concert at Sandia Resort and Casino on May 27.

During the visit, court documents say, several incidents happened prior to the concert and the eventual cancellation.

Court documents say following a golf game, Zimmerman and his personal security were escorted to a hotel room on the fifth floor. After an hour, Zimmerman and his group then left the room and went to Sandia Amphitheater. Sandia security noted that Zimmerman was angry with his band and his manager. It was noted by security that Zimmerman appeared to be intoxicated at the time.

Court documents say once Zimmerman arrived to the amphitheater, he went to the stage. He then took a guitar from one of his personnel and swung it before tripping and falling backwards. Court documents again noted it appeared Zimmerman was intoxicated.

During sound check, court documents say Zimmerman took cymbals from the drummer, threw them onto the stage and pushed a set of drums. He then tried to sit down and then fell backward.

According to court documents, Zimmerman then threw a microphone to the ground when it then rolled off the stage. He then went to the sound tent and back to the stage, where he took another microphone. Court documents noted Zimmerman tried singing into it while stumbling and swaying on stage.

Court documents say Zimmerman then went to a guitarist and took their microphone and also threw it on stage. Several other incidents involving instruments continued to occur.

Court documents say members of the band tried to talk to Zimmerman, with him yelling at the band in response. Zimmerman then left the stage, hitting a light box, and kicking another black box in an aggressive manner.

According to court documents, Zimmerman then went back to an SUV, threw a water bottle down a set of stairs, drank from another and spit toward a security officer. Zimmerman, his manager and a member of his security then went back to the hotel, where it was noted that he was stumbling at different moments.

Court documents say the concert was then canceled for that night.

Those documents also say that following the cancellation, Zimmerman and his staff needed to leave the property due to his behavior. Documents note that Zimmerman refused to leave in vehicles provided by Sandia to transport him to the airport. Zimmerman then became disorderly and Sandia police were called, after which he became cooperative.

The following day, on May 28, court documents say Sandia police were again called to the room that was occupied by Zimmerman. Security and housekeeping staff found damage to the room after it was vacated.

Court documents note that officers found damage to a TV, a broken phone, damage to a coffee table and two chairs, two missing chairs. A hole in the wall, damage to other walls in the room and the carpet were also found.

Court documents say the total amount of damage to the room totaled $16,000, along with a $400 alcohol bill that was charged to the room and never paid.

According to court documents, Sandia staff and Sandia police attempted to contact Zimmerman about the incident with no answers from him or his staff.

Zimmerman has been charged with criminal damage to property and falsely obtaining services. A warrant has also been issued for his arrest related to the charges.

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Navajo family devastated by early release of man convicted in grandmotherโ€™s robbery

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Sasha Lenninger

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    NEW MEXICO (KOAT) — Five years after Ella Mae Begay disappeared from the Navajo Nation, her family is devastated by the early release of Preston Tolth, the man convicted of robbing her and the last known person to see her alive.

Tolth, who told investigators he beat Begay, stole her truck, and left her on the side of the road, was released from federal prison on Monday, June 15. In May, a judge sentenced him to five years in federal prison, giving him credit for time already served. With good-conduct credits, Tolth became eligible for early release.

โ€œWe were hoping it was a mistake or a glitch of some sort,โ€ Begayโ€™s family said, describing the news as a painful reminder that five years after her disappearance, their mother is still missing.

โ€œI should have been notified,โ€ said Gerald Begay, Ella Maeโ€™s oldest son. โ€œFor this to happen, itโ€™s almost like a surprise attack on myself.โ€

The family learned of Tolthโ€™s release not from the court or the government but through a text message from their attorney.

โ€œShe texted us saying, asking us if we knew, you know, that person was released, and we didnโ€™t know,โ€ Gerald said.

For years, Begayโ€™s family has waited for answers, and now they are left processing the fact that the man connected to their motherโ€™s final known hours is free.

โ€œItโ€™s horrible, and I want to bring her home,โ€ Gerald said.

The family feels blindsided by a system they say has forgotten about them.

โ€œIt could happen anywhere. Itโ€™s not just the reservation. Itโ€™s not just our issues. I want people to be aware and just, to protect their families and themselves,โ€ Gerald said.

Five years after Ella Mae Begay disappeared, her family is still searching for answers and waiting to bring her home. They say her case may no longer be in the headlines, but they refuse to let their mother be forgotten.

Until they learn what happened to Ella Mae Begay, they vow to keep speaking her name.

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Police say armed threats with shotgun led chase through onion field

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Ricardo Tovar

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    SALINAS, California (KSBW) — Salinas police said an argument early Sunday morning escalated into criminal threats, weapons violations, vandalism and a vehicle chase.

Just before 3 a.m., two victims reported being threatened by two suspects armed with a shotgun. The victims later said they were also confronted with machete-style knives, per police.

Officers later located the suspect vehicle on Romie Lane. When they attempted to stop it, the driver did not yield, leading officers on a chase that ended near Hitchcock Road after the vehicle left the roadway and entered an onion field.

Both suspects then fled on foot but were quickly apprehended.

During the investigation, officers recovered a loaded 12-gauge shotgun, a privately manufactured .45-caliber handgun and a machete believed to have been used in the incident from earlier in the day, per police.

Authorities identified the suspects as Justin Ramos, 25, and Jaycob Menchaca, 23.

Both were booked into Monterey County Jail on multiple felony and weapons-related charges.

According to the Monterey County Jail log, Ramos was booked on suspicion of making criminal threats, felony vandalism, conspiracy, carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle and carrying a concealed firearm by an unregistered owner.

The jail log shows Menchaca was booked on suspicion of making criminal threats, conspiracy, felony vandalism, exhibiting a deadly weapon other than a firearm and obstructing a public officer.

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“Cancer doesn’t wait” as nationwide breast biopsy needle shortage delays care

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Erin Clark

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    SALINAS, California (KSBW) — A nationwide recall of breast biopsy needles has caused delays and uncertainty for patients, as breast care centers scramble to address the shortage and prioritize high-risk cases.

“I’m on a national waiting list, and it could be until the end of the year. And I’m thinking, cancer doesn’t wait, you know, and I’m not the only woman in this position,” said Donna Rand-Jordan, who is waiting for a biopsy after her doctors identified tiny calcifications in her breast during her last mammogram.

The nine-gauge stereotactic needle, manufactured by Hologic, was recalled due to the risk of metal and plastic particles being dislodged during use. Dr. Stemerman, a physician at the Salinas Valley Health Nancy Ausonio Breast Health Center, explained how his team adapted to the recall.

“And so we complied with that recall, and we pivoted to using a different needle within Hologic, framework. That could do the same thing, that we can use mantle bands to guide the needle to make to do this, breast biopsies,” Stemerman said.

The replacement Evivo needles require additional steps but are equally effective. However, the sudden shift to these needles created a nationwide shortage.

“And that’s primarily because about 70% of breast centers across the country were using the provider needed. That was needles that were recalled. And so, once we had a shortage, we’ve now placed women on waiting lists and we’re, being allocated needle biopsies from the vendor, on a weekly basis,” Stemerman said.

The FDA added stereotactic needles to its list of device shortages in April. The American College of Radiology (ACR) raised concerns in a letter to the FDA, with CEO Dana H. Smetherma stating:

“The current backlog is not an isolated operational inconvenience, but rather, it represents a broader patient safety and public health concern, particularly in high-volume centers and safety-net institutions where alternatives may be limited or unavailable,” Smetherma said.

Hologic has announced efforts to address the shortage, including expanding manufacturing shifts and expediting orders. However, the company estimates it may take until March of next year to fully meet demand.

At the Salinas Valley Health Nancy Ausonio Breast Health Center, Dr. Stemerman said they are working to minimize delays for patients.

“We have about 40 patients or so on the waiting list. And every week we get, between 10 and 15 needle or needles to do biopsies. And so we are pulling patients off the waiting list as quickly as possible. And so there is there has been a delay, up to a month or two in some cases,” Stemerman said.

For patients like Rand-Jordan, the wait is agonizing.

“And I don’t know. I don’t know, it could be totally benign, or it could be something progressive, progressing, as cancer does. Well, while you wait, cancer progresses and everything. So, I want to know and I want I want my treatment,” Rand-Jordan said.

Breast care centers across the country are prioritizing high-risk patients and working to get all women off the waiting list as quickly as possible.

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Riverside Hospital Centennial Celebration Honors 100 Years of Healing, History, and Houston Resilience

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Francis Page Jr.

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    June 23, 2026 (Houston Style Magazine) — On Juneteenth morning, Houston did more than celebrate freedom. It returned to sacred ground.

At 3204 Ennis Street in the heart of Third Ward, the Office of Commissioner Rodney Ellis and Harris County Public Health welcomed families, neighbors, health advocates, history keepers, and community partners for the Riverside Hospital Centennial Celebration, honoring 100 years since the historic hospital was dedicated as the Houston Negro Hospital on June 19, 1926.

A century later, the building still stands with the quiet authority of a grandmother who has seen it all โ€” segregation, survival, service, struggle, closure, and now, rebirth. Originally created as Houstonโ€™s first nonprofit hospital for African Americans, Riverside was born in an era when Black doctors were barred from practicing in white hospitals and Black patients were too often denied dignified care. Yet from that injustice came institution-building, excellence, and a communityโ€™s refusal to wait for permission to be healthy.

Commissioner Rodney Ellis, who has long championed Riversideโ€™s restoration and whose own life story is personally tied to the hospital, has described the site as one of Houstonโ€™s most important public health and cultural landmarks. โ€œHealthcare is a human right in my judgment,โ€ Ellis said. โ€œIt should not depend on income, neighborhood, or race.โ€

That message echoed throughout the centennial celebration, where the past met the future with purpose. The event featured free health services through Wellness on Wheels, including breast and cervical cancer screenings, vaccinations for all ages, dental screenings and fluoride treatments for children, HIV and STI testing, lead poisoning testing, and referrals to follow-up services. Families also enjoyed a Bike Rodeo, live entertainment, family-friendly activities, and free food boxes while supplies lasted.

In true Houston fashion, the day carried both reverence and rhythm. History was honored, but it did not sit still. Riversideโ€™s next chapter is not simply about preserving a building; it is about restoring access, trust, and community-centered care.

Harris Countyโ€™s redevelopment of the Riverside campus positions the historic site as a comprehensive health and wellness hub and future home for Harris County Public Health. The renewed campus will offer preventive medicine, immunizations, dental care, mental health and substance-use support, HIV testing and PrEP access, STI testing and treatment, and wraparound navigation throug[DE1] h the ACCESS Harris program, which connects residents to healthcare, food security, housing, education, and other critical support.

The original hospital building has been modernized across three floors. The first floor includes community-facing health services, telehealth consultation spaces, and secure vaccination areas. The second floor includes a public lactation room and ACCESS Harris programming. The third-floor houses Harris County Public Healthโ€™s Office of Communication, Education, and Engagement Community Engagement Team, focused on culturally responsive outreach and long-term community partnerships.

For those who remember Riversideโ€™s earlier days, the celebration was deeply personal. Dorothy Booker, a longtime Riverside volunteer, once reflected, โ€œIโ€™m proud to be a part of something that started in my life, advanced in my life, that I was able to help somebody.โ€ Her words capture what Riverside has always represented: service that starts with people, not paperwork.

The hospitalโ€™s original [DE2] story remains one of courage. Black physicians petitioned, organized, and built a path forward when the cityโ€™s medical system refused to make room. The Texas State Historical Association notes that Houston Negro Hospital was staffed with Black physicians and governed by an all-Black board of directors, making it a beacon for patients and medical professionals alike.

Emmy Award-winning journalist Carlton Houston, author of The Houston Negro Hospital: The Untold Legacy of Riverside General, has emphasized the importance of telling the full story. โ€œWe have not done a good job of telling the full story,โ€ Houston said. That is precisely why this centennial matters. Houston cannot preserve what it does not remember.

Historian Pratik Chakrabarti [DE3] has called Riversideโ€™s story โ€œremarkable,โ€ noting how a small charitable hospital fought to serve patients blocked from care by segregation. He has also suggested the renovation can become โ€œa model of how hospitals can have a new life and meaning in this new era.โ€

For Houston Style Magazine readers, Riversideโ€™s centennial is more than a neighborhood event. It is a civic reminder that equity is not charity โ€” it is infrastructure. It is clinics, screenings, trusted outreach, food access, safe spaces, and public investment rooted in respect.

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Pratik Chakrabarti National Endowment for the Humanities-Cullen Chair in History & Medicine Director of the Project on โ€œHealth is Politicsโ€ uh.edu/class/history/about/project-on-health-is-politics

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University of Houston pchakra7@central.uh.edu uh.edu

Recent book, Inscriptions of Nature: Geology and the Naturalization of Antiquity, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020. Winner of Pickstone Prize, 2022

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Former sheriff weighs in after man accused of stealing police cruiser in a now-viral video

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Cecil Hannibal

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    SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — A viral video shows the moments a Sacramento man allegedly stole a police cruiser before police say he fired a rifle inside and led law enforcement on a 40-mile chase to Lodi before being arrested.

Isaac Paval, 28, appeared in court Monday for an unrelated crime and is expected to face charges related to this incident Tuesday afternoon. The chase began after police responded to a vandalism call and pursued the suspect on foot.

On Monday, Sacramento Police said the department believes the rifle was locked and secured but are investigating how the suspect was able to unlock and access the rifle.

Former Sacramento County Sheriff John McGinnis, who viewed the viral video, said, “Obviously this is not how things are supposed to go.”

McGinnis explained why officers often leave their vehicles running.

“The practice is to keep the cars running because you want to be ready to jump in and go should the big red handle be pulled and there’s a need for immediate response. In fact, the call that you’re on could escalate to the point that you have to move quickly,” he said.

Sacramento police declined to comment on whether the officer involved would face disciplinary action, citing the ongoing investigation. McGinnis shared his perspective on handling such incidents.

“If this is a first error, my personal belief is this could be resolved with documented counseling and just reinforcing the need to maintain the security of that equipment,” he said.

Paval now faces eight felony charges, including driving under the influence and possession of an assault weapon. Investigators have not disclosed if Paval aimed at anyone or fired at random.

He’s expected in court Tuesday afternoon.

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‘Given everything to the city’: Giannis trade talks intensify, Bucks fans share mixed emotions

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Hannah Hilyard

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    MILWAUKEE (WISN) — As the NBA draft approaches, Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Jimmy Haslam has said he wants Giannis Antetokounmpoโ€™s future resolved by then, whether through re-signing or trading the two-time MVP.

ESPN reports that the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat are finalists in a potential trade for Antetokounmpo, leaving Bucks fans grappling with the possibility of Milwaukee moving forward without their star player.

Monday, fans reflected on Antetokounmpoโ€™s contributions to the team and the city, with some hoping he stays and others accepting the possibility of his departure.

โ€œDisappointed,โ€ Cleo Hood, a Bucks fan, said when asked about the prospect of Antetokounmpo being traded.

โ€œYou donโ€™t want to see him go?โ€ Hood was asked.

โ€œNo, no. I think they got another championship if they could get him the supporting cast that he needs,โ€ Hood said.

Other fans expressed a different perspective, accepting that the Greek Freak may be heading elsewhere

โ€œGiannis has given everything to the city, so he means a lot, but I kind of feel like itโ€™s time,โ€ Bucks fan David Ullsperger said. โ€œI said last year it might be time, so get what we can get for him, and itโ€™s time to move on.โ€

Antetokounmpoโ€™s impact extends beyond Milwaukee, resonating with fans across the world.

โ€œHim being in the NBA doing amazing things for the Bucks, itโ€™s a big thing for the Greek community,โ€ said Iosif Prosiliakos, a Bucks fan from Chicago.

The Prosiliakos family, regular attendees of the Bucksโ€™ Greek Night, shared their thoughts on the trade talks.

โ€œI want whatโ€™s best for him, honestly,โ€ Pano Prosiliakos said. โ€œI would say Iโ€™m more of a Giannis fan than a Bucks fan, so if he can go to a championship-contending team, I think thatโ€™ll be really good for him.โ€

Despite the tension surrounding the trade discussions, Bucks fans remain deeply appreciative of Antetokounmpoโ€™s legacy.

โ€œMy blood is Giannisโ€™ blood,โ€ said David Powell, a Bucks fan.

When asked if he wanted to see Antetokounmpo leave, Powell responded, โ€œNo, no. Itโ€™s a loyal friendship.โ€

Even fans who are ready to move on from Antetokounmpo acknowledge that a trade would come with sadness, as it would mean saying goodbye to one of the greatest players to ever wear a Bucks uniform.

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Sheriffโ€™s video shows drone being used to retrieve manโ€™s knife during a standoff

CNN Newsource on June 23, 2026

By Daniel Macht, Peyton Headlee

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    SACRAMENTO, California (KCRA) — The Sacramento County Sheriffโ€™s Office on Monday released video footage showing deputies using a drone to disarm a wanted parolee during a standoff last week.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said the man, identified as 30-year-old Austin Carter, was inside a home Thursday in the 4700 block of Goya Parkway, east of Franklin Boulevard. SWAT deputies surrounded the home and nearby residents were evacuated out of an abundance of caution, the sheriff’s office said.

The sheriff’s office said deputies tried to arrest the wanted parolee, but he ran inside and hid in the garage.

Police used a robot dog, a police K-9, and a drone to assist their efforts.

The newly released footage shows a drone with a magnet attached to it flying into a home and pulling a knife from the manโ€™s hand. He does not appear to resist the effort.

Sgt. Edward Igoe with the sheriffโ€™s office said Carter is a registered sex offender with a violent criminal history who had been involved in previous barricade incidents.

The drone was deployed because Carter was earlier seen with a firearm and had not responded to negotiators while in the garage.

โ€œThey realized, oh, he’s not moving, he’s unconscious, but he’s still armed with a knife. He still had it actively in his hand,โ€ Tom Lee, drone pilot and deputy with the Sacramento County Sheriffโ€™s Office, said. “We determined with the drones that he was still alive. He was still breathing. And the aspect of going in there with a deputy seemed too dangerous.”

So, they tried something they never have before.

“One of our SWAT guys mentioned, hey, can we try throwing a magnet on the drone to see if it would work? And they grabbed one of their magnets they had from the vehicle, and we attached it to the drone. And I was able to get in there and fly and attach it to the knife and get it out of there,โ€ Lee said.

“Ultimately, he did reanimate after his copious use of drugs, and we continued to try to talk him out. But now at least he no longer had the knife in his hand. Because of that, we were able to send in a K-9. K-9 Bo was able to go in and successfully apprehend him. And none of our personnel were injured,โ€ Igoe said.

Igoe said he doesnโ€™t see this kind of scenario happening ever again, but that they’ll always look for creative solutions in difficult situations.

โ€œIn this case, since he was immobile, why not use a drone, get in there, reduce the risk,โ€ Lee said.

KCRA 3 footage on Thursday showed him ultimately being dragged by deputies while being arrested outside of the home.

After the arrest, he was treated for a dog bite.

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