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    Colorado (KCNC) — The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office and the Colorado High School Activities Association are investigating what happened at a recent high school football game. A spokesperson for Valor Christian High School says an assistant coach from Mountain Vista High School was ejected from Friday’s game after a referee said they hit a player from Valor.

Rumors have been circulating online, and it is difficult to determine what happened in video of the skirmish.

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating this incident and, as of Monday evening, there have been no arrests made.

“So that’s their offense, that’s our defense, the play’s going, he throws and Holden intercepts it,” said Mountain Vista football player Kade Ingrassia, while looking at a video taken by a spectator of Friday’s game.

Ingrassia remembers the moment his teammate grabbed a game-winning interception that night.

“And then he gets hit right there. And then that’s when everyone crowds together. I think I’m seen running this way,” Ingrassia said. The game’s livestream shows a scuffle ensuing.

“It was a pretty violent hit. So I came over and wanted to sort things out. Might have pushed and shoved a little bit, but nothing crazy,”

Ingrassia said of the moments after his teammate was tackled.

Other videos circulating online appear to show a Valor player falling down.

“There’s just a bunch of our teammates running together and that’s him getting shoved,” Ingrassia said.

Soon after, a referee ejects a Mountain Vista coach from the game for contact with a Valor student-athlete.

“Non-player foul, a coach hitting a player. That coach has been ejected,” the referee said in the game’s livestream.

Ingrassia says his assistant coach didn’t hit anyone.

“There were no, like, punches thrown or anything. And I was right there the whole time,” Ingrassia said.

A Valor spokesperson said that the Valor player is not injured.

“Coaches are entrusted with modeling integrity, discipline, and respect — values that are fundamental to high school athletics and to the safety of every student on the field,” said Valor Christian High School Head of School Bryan Ritz. “From the video I have seen, the assistant coach’s behavior is unacceptable. No coach or adult should ever put their hands on a student. Our community expects and deserves better from those entrusted with mentoring young people.

“I am grateful for the swift action of game officials, and I want our families to know that we are standing firmly and prayerfully with our player and his family as the investigation continues. Our top priority is, and will always be, the safety and well-being of our students. We trust that appropriate action will be taken once the full investigation is complete.”

Ingrassia said his coach wasn’t at practice Monday. He hopes he will be cleared of wrongdoing.

“Right now the team’s very upset, because we love our coaches. … Ot’s a serious situation that they’re exaggerating on that could really inflict pain on someone’s life that never happened,” Ingrassia said. “We’re going to win it all this year, hopefully, God willing, coaches come back and players get healthy.”

Douglas County School District would not comment or confirm whether the coach is on leave.

Colorado High School Activities Association says they were immediately made aware of the situation and are working with both schools and their administrations.

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    FORWARD TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — A family in Forward Township has been forced out of their home after a school bus crashed through the front of the house.

The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. om Monday along Rainbow Run Road when the bus from Rittenhouse Bus Lines hit a pickup truck parked in front of the house, pushing it through the front porch and into the front corner of the home.

Joe Ferson, who lives at the home, said he was inside the house with his daughter at the time of the crash.

“I hear this commotion like a freight train and the next thing I know, the walls of my house are lifting off the ground,” Ferson said. “My truck’s in my living room, water spraying everywhere, and I come outside to a bus into my truck into my house.”

No kids were on the bus at the time of the crash, but the bus driver was taken to the hospital.

The Red Cross was called to help assist the family while the Forward Township building inspector assesses the damage.

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    ORANGE COUNTY, California (KCAL, KCBS) — The Orange County District Attorney’s Office plans to file a motion to dismiss its case against Emily Yu, a doctor accused of poisoning her husband with Drano.

Prosecutors said they filed the motion because a key witness couldn’t appear on the first day of Yu’s trial, but plan to refile criminal charges.

According to a grand jury indictment from 2023, Yu was charged with poisoning and domestic battery after investigators obtained hidden camera footage of her pouring Drano into a cup of lemon tea.

Her husband, Dr. Jack Chen, reported that he’d been sick for months and was diagnosed with stomach ulcers and severe internal injuries.

In early April 2022, Chen installed cameras in the family’s Irvine kitchen and captured Yu pouring the drain cleaner into her husband’s tea.

FBI tests later confirmed that drain cleaner was present in the drinking glass.

Defense attorneys for Yu claim that she was not trying to poison her husband. They said she was pouring Drano into the tea to kill ants in the kitchen, and that her husband had suggested the method. The couple was in the middle of a divorce at the time.

“It’s our opinion that the medical evidence is inconsistent with his claim that he consumed the Drano,” Yu’s defense attorney Scott Simmons said in 2023. “As you know, Drano is a caustic substance. You would have severe injuries from consuming the Drano. The injuries that he claims are from the Drano, we think the evidence will show that is consistent with what’s known as GERD or acid reflux.”

In 2023, Chen’s lawyer said there are hours of hidden camera video available to prove their case, and that he is now doing better after taking time to recover from the stomach ulcers.

The case will be back in court on Oct. 24.

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    OCEAN CITY, New Jersey (KYW) — A quick-thinking beachgoer is being praised for his bravery after rescuing a young woman caught in a dangerous rip current off the Jersey Shore.

Frank LaFerrara, a longtime Ocean City, New Jersey, resident, was enjoying a quiet Sunday afternoon at 9th Street Beach when he said he noticed someone struggling in the surf.

“A gentleman down by the water line here, he starts screaming for help and I said OK, gotta go,” LaFerrara said.

Without hesitation, LaFerrara said, he dove into the water and swam hundreds of feet into the ocean to reach the woman. He estimates she was in her late teens or early 20s.

“She got over to me and she jumped on my shoulders with her arms and started pushing me under,” LaFerrar said. “So I had to push her back and say, ‘Calm down, relax. I’m here to help.'”

As LaFerrara began to bring her back toward shore, another beachgoer, Johnny Cerda of Ventnor, swam out with a flotation device to assist.

“If I can help people, I’m not going to think about it,” Cerda said. “I’m going to do it.”

By the time police and firefighters arrived on the scene, the woman was already safe on land.

“What they did was truly selfless,” witness Dominick Dougherty said. “They put themselves in danger to save that little girl.”

Earlier that same afternoon, police and firefighters had rescued four other swimmers caught in a rip current near the same jetty. The beach was unguarded at the time, highlighting the risks of swimming without lifeguards present.

“This is not a bad mark against Ocean City, New Jersey,” LaFerrara said. “I want to say that. They have plenty of lifeguards and they care very much about people, but this is October, OK? And most seashore towns by now just don’t have the staffing to do it.”

LaFerrara credited a lifesaving class he took decades ago at Rider University for helping him stay calm and make the right decisions in the water.

After the rescue, the young woman thanked him and gave him a hug.

“That was my reward right there,” LaFerrara said.

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    NEW YORK (WCBS) — A woman was sexually assaulted in her Brooklyn home by a stranger who climbed through an unlocked window, police said.

It happened just before 4 a.m. Monday near Pilling Street and Evergreen Avenue in Bushwick.

Police are describing the incident as a sexually motivated burglary.

The suspect entered the 43-year-old woman’s apartment through an unlocked kitchen window while she slept, police said. He then placed a pillow over her head, and the two struggled, according to police. He tied her up and performed a lewd act, police said. He then took off with her cellphone and watch, according to police.

The woman was hospitalized in stable condition.

Police described the suspect as a man wearing a white baseball cap, black sweatshirt, dark pants, black sneakers and said he was carrying a dark colored bookbag.

Neighbors who knew the victim say they woke up early Monday morning to find police at the door.

“She’s a real nice person, you know. A neighbor, and I couldn’t believe that. You know, it’s true, my wife and my daughter’s here. So I’m like, hey man, we’ve really got to look out, because this block is very quiet at night,” one neighbor said.

Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on X, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.

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    PULLMAN, Washington (KXLY) — Police arrested a 40-year-old man after he allegedly set fire to his apartment building in Pullman and led officers on a car chase that ended in a three-hour standoff.

According to Pullman Police Department, Elijah Regan intentionally started the fire by setting off an explosion in his apartment on Northwest Larry Street before leaving the scene.

Multiple units were damaged in the fire and several residents are now displaced.

A Whitman County Sheriff’s deputy spotted Regan driving on Highway 194 two hours after the fire started. Police knew Regan was armed with a shotgun.

“We were aware that he was armed with a shotgun. So, we took things very cautiously and we tried to de-escalate the situation to prevent him from being harmed or first responders from being harmed,” said Chief Aaron Breshears of the Pullman Police Department.

During the standoff, Regan fired one shot out of his car window, but police believe the shot was accidental. After three hours, officers successfully arrested Regan without injury.

Police plan to charge Regan with first-degree arson and attempting to elude pursuing police vehicles. He is currently being held in the Nez Perce County Jail because he was technically arrested in Idaho, just across the state border.

On Monday, fire marshals are still cleaning up debris outside the apartment building and helping residents retrieve some of their belongings. However, the building is expected to be a total loss due to extensive smoke and water damage from the fire.

The Red Cross has established a shelter at the Pullman Senior Center for residents displaced by the fire. The organization is providing temporary housing assistance while displaced residents search for permanent housing solutions.

The investigation into the fire remains ongoing as authorities work to finalize charges against Regan and complete the extradition process from Idaho back to Washington state.

No information about Regan’s possible motive has been released.

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    CUSTER COUNTY, Colorado (KRDO) — The Custer County Sheriff’s Office is reminding drivers about the dangers of speeding after deputies caught a motorcyclist speeding 120 miles an hour on Highway 96.

According to CCSO, on the afternoon of Oct. 5, deputies witnessed a sport motorcycle traveling at a “dangerously high rate of speed” – estimated at 120 miles per hour – on Highway 96 near Bear Basin.

The sheriff’s office said that as the motorcycle approached Silver Cliff, the radar recorded the biker going 98 miles per hour.

Deputies stopped the rider, identified as 20-year-old Ezra Trujillo, as he entered Silver Cliff, CCSO said.

During the stop, deputies determined that Trujillo didn’t possess the required motorcycle endorsement on his driver’s license to be riding the bike, nor did the motorcycle have the required registration.

CCSO said when deputies asked Trujillo why he was speeding, he said, “I was just having fun.”

The sheriff’s office said the incident is a good reminder to all motorcyclists that excessive speed and failing to comply with licensing and registration laws put everyone at risk.

“The safety of our community remains our top priority, and we appreciate the vigilance of our Deputies in protecting our roadways,” CCSO said.

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