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By Conor McGill

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    CITRUS HEIGHTS, California (KOVR) — A normally quiet neighborhood in Citrus Heights is recovering after a weekend Airbnb party grew out of control, causing chaos and costly damage.

According to the homeowner, the property on Dunmore Avenue was rented using a fake profile, allegedly posing as an elderly person.

Video obtained by CBS News Sacramento shows a large crowd gathered at the home, with some people even climbing down from the roof as the situation intensified.

The Citrus Heights Police Department says calls began coming in around 10 p.m. reporting a large gathering in the 6700 block of Dunmore Avenue.

At first, officers believed the home was vacant. After contacting the property owner, they confirmed it was being used as an Airbnb rental.

Law enforcement flooded the area, bringing in a drone and air support to help disperse the crowd.

A neighbor who has lived in the area for three years but did not want to be identified by name said the response was overwhelming.

“They came from all directions… they blocked it off so people could only get out the main street,” the neighbor said.

The same neighbor noted that while parties at short-term rentals can happen, they are typically much smaller.

“A lot of the Airbnb parties that are thrown are not as big… maybe 50 people and they keep it on the low,” the neighbor said.

Despite the size of the crowd and numerous calls for service, police say they did not have legal justification to make arrests, in part because the gathering was taking place at a rented property.

The neighbor said the incident was unlike anything they’ve seen in the typically calm area. They added that more safeguards may be needed to prevent similar situations in the future.

“I definitely think there needs to be an extra step of precaution… I don’t know what the action would be, but there should be something,” he said.

In a statement, Airbnb said it has a strict ban on disruptive parties: “This type of behavior has no home on our platform or in the communities we serve.”

The company says the guest responsible has been suspended and that it is cooperating with law enforcement.

The homeowner says they are now dealing with thousands of dollars in damage and emotional distress following the incident.

Questions remain about how the fake profile was able to book the property. Police say what happens next will likely depend on Airbnb’s investigation.

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By Dean Fioresi

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    KERN COUNTY, California (KCAL, KCBS) — Three Southern California men were arrested for their alleged part in a $1 million Lego heist in the Inland Empire, according to authorities.

Deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office Mojave Substation were called to the 400 block of Silver Queen Road on Wednesday, April 8, after learning of suspicious vehicles in the area, according to a news release shared by the department on social media.

“When deputies arrived, two box trucks were seen fleeing the area,” the release said.

Traffic stops were conducted on both vehicles, and deputies were able to identify the suspects as 37-year-old San Bernardino man Jose Lopez, 25-year-old Los Angeles man Ruben Lopez Flores and 35-year-old Chino man Freddy Hernandez Polinar.

Deputies searched both of the box trucks and discovered a large amount of Lego products, and upon searching the surrounding area, found two freight trailers.

“A thorough investigation, deputies discovered the trailers were stolen while in transit from Fort Worth, Texas to Moreno Valley, California,” the release said. “The loss was reported to be approximately $1,000,000 worth of Lego products.”

All three of the suspects were arrested for possession of a stolen vehicle, cargo theft and conspiracy. It’s unclear where they were booked.

Deputies said that the stolen freight trailers and the stolen Legos were recovered.

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By Joan Murray

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    CORAL SPRINGS, Florida (WFOR) — Marlon Moraes spent most of his life in the ring, passionate about the sport near and dear to his heart: mixed martial arts. Moraes says he was only nine years old when a friend approached him about learning the sport in his native Brazil, where he says he grew up in poverty.

He was hooked after that, pursuing a lifelong dream of getting to the top. Moraes won a championship title for his weight class division nearly a decade ago, and soon after joined the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) organization.

Regarded as one of the best mixed martial artists to ever step into the ring, Moraes decided a couple of years ago to pursue a career in law enforcement. He was sworn in as a Coral Springs police officer and now patrols the streets on the night shift.

“Every time I go to work, I want to help someone,” he says. “When the call comes, I want to be the one”.

That community spirit impressed Coral Springs Deputy Chief Ryan Gallagher, who interviewed and ultimately hired Moraes.

“I found a professional, compassionate, charismatic individual who wants to serve the community,” Gallagher said.

Part of that service is passing along everything Moraes has learned to the next generation of would-be fighters at his Coral Springs studio.

Moraes says his wife and kids keep him grounded. His sport remains the center of everything: “the friendship, to be a good teammate, to be a good son, father, husband. It’s everything—you bring the whole circle.”

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By La’Tasha Givens

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    ATLANTA (WUPA) — While most students are spending their spring break relaxing, a group of young women in metro Atlanta is gathered in a classroom for a different kind of lesson, one that serves as both an education and social therapy.

This week marks the 5th annual Youth Aviation Exploration Week, a flagship program hosted by the Motherless Daughters Foundation. Rassalyn Uter created the nonprofit to provide support for young girls and teens navigating life after the loss of their mothers.

Whether a mother is absent due to death, incarceration, mental illness, or emotional detachment, the foundation steps in to provide the guidance typically found at home.

“Losing a mother is very hard. So imagine losing her so young,” Uter said.

The program caters to the unique needs of each girl, offering everything from grief therapy and career counseling to getting them ready for prom.

Hailey Buggs joined the foundation in 2022 following the loss of her mother. The grief, she says, led to a brief depression that made it difficult to focus on school or her future.

“I was honestly thinking about what my life would be,” Hailey shared. “It made me feel like, why did she have to go so early? Why did that happen?”

Recognizing her grief and her potential, the foundation’s mentors worked to help Hailey find her voice. When she expressed a desire to overcome her shyness, they enrolled her in Toastmasters. The result was a newfound confidence that would prove integral to her success in the air and on the ground.

This week, that support system took Hailey and her peers to Hartsfield-Jackson International, Atlanta Regional/Falcon Field, and Fulton County Airport/Charlie Brown Field.

The girls received personal training from a fleet of industry professionals, including pilots, aerospace engineers, and air traffic controllers. avionic technicians and more.

The highlight of the experience was the Discovery Flight, where the students moved beyond the hangar and into the pilot’s seat.

“They’re actually flying the plane with a licensed certified flight instructor,” Uter said. “It’s so exciting for them and all of us.”

For Hailey, the experience has been a powerful reminder that she doesn’t have to navigate life’s turbulence alone. She says her “mother mentors” consistently motivate her to pursue her goals, proving that her past losses do not define her future.

“That push made me want to strive harder,” Hailey said. “I may fall, this is not the end for me.”

As the week concludes, these young women will walk off the tarmac with more than just a new perspective; each will receive a special aviation certification for students, a tangible reminder that, for them, the sky is truly the limit.

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By Kathryn Merck

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    MILWAUKEE (WDJT) — A birthday card is bringing anything but celebration for a Milwaukee 19-year-old and her mother.

Essence Barrow-Lee says she was pulled over on Milwaukee’s northwest side by an officer with the Wisconsin State Patrol on Feb. 2. Through her own video of the arrest she sent to CBS 58, an officer asked Barrow-Lee to step out of her vehicle. When she refused, the officer broke through her window to remove Barrow-Lee from the vehicle, according to Barrow-Lee.

“I was scared,” Barrow-Lee said. “I already have bad anxiety, so it just worsens everything.”

Online court records show Barrow-Lee was ticketed for excessive speeding and lacking vehicle registration. The WisDOT Office of Public Affairs said the Wisconsin State Patrol arrested her for obstruction.

Barrow-Lee and her mother, Jennifer Lee, say they believe the force used by the officer was excessive given the two tickets she ended up receiving.

“I really want him to have some type of consequence,” Barlow-Lee said.

Lee filed a complaint with the Wisconsin State Patrol about the arrest. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Office of Public Affairs said they are investigating the complaint.

Of all the things Barrow-Lee was expecting in the mail after the arrest, what she ended up receiving was not one of them: a birthday card signed by “Wisconsin State Patrol.”

“It had confetti all through the card, so when you opened it, it was nothing but a mess,” Barrow-Lee said. “It was a joke.”

“It doesn’t make any sense,” Barrow-Lee’s mother, Jennifer Lee said.

The WisDOT Office of Public Affairs said Wisconsin State Patrol did not send the individual a birthday card. The agency told CBS 58 it believes the card came from somewhere outside of Wisconsin State Patrol.

The entire situation is frightening Barrow-Lee.

“I am scared. I feel like I’m being followed. Every time I leave the house, I’m checking up and down the street to make sure cars are not just sitting and doing unusual things,” Barrow-Lee said. “I’m just more cautious now.”

Lee says she is reaching out to other agencies to help figure out where the card came from and bring some sense of justice to her daughter.

“I don’t know where to go with this and I don’t know what to do with it,” Lee said.

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    NORFOLK, Virginia (WTKR) — The group of Army ROTC cadets who subdued and killed Old Dominion University shooter Mohamed Bailor Jalloh after he opened fire on the class on March 12 say several of them wrestled him to the ground and stabbed him to death.

Several of the students appeared in a 17-minute video posted to the Army ROTC’s YouTube page Wednesday night — the first time any of them have spoken publicly about what the FBI called a terrorist attack in Constant Hall.

Their instructor, Lt. Col. Brandon Shah, was killed in the shooting, and two others were injured.

Louis Ancheta, one of the cadets who earned a purple heart for his actions during the shooting, said it was just a normal day of presentations in class.

“It was probably the one day we stayed the entire class period,” cadet Oshea Bego said.

Their instructor, Lt. Col Brandon Shah, was about to let them out of class when Jalloh walked into the room and asked if it was an ROTC class or a seminar.

“Someone came in, just some random Joe,” Ancheta said. “I wasn’t thinking about what that question really meant.”

Samuel Reineberg said Jalloh sounded nervous. After no one spoke up, he asked again. A cadet said it was, and Shah nodded.

“He reached down into his waistbelt… and shouted Allahu akbar and began shooting in the direction of Lt. Col. Shah,” Reineberg said.

Taking cover Most of the cadets said they hit the ground as soon as they heard gunshots, with some hiding under their desks. But Ancheta said he pulled out his pocket knife and ran towards Jalloh immediately, who was wrestling with Lt. Col. Shah.

“With my pocket knife, I open it, I run up and as I’m running up, Colonel Shah lunges at the guy, and starts wrestling with him upright,” Ancheta said.

Jalloh shot a stray over Ancheta’s shoulder, and then shot him, but he said barely felt it.

“It really didn’t feel like it hit me. It felt like a graze. After that, I’m like I can keep on going,” Ancheta said. “I just go in there, I just start stabbing him. As I’m stabbing him, other cadets jump in.”

Jeremy Rawlinson said as he was getting up from the ground, he saw one cadet jump over a table to help Ancheta and Shah, and Rawlinson knew he had to help.

“I said to myself, ‘Well if he’s going, I gotta back him,'” Rawlinson said.

Multiple cadets joined him, according to Reineberg. Some stabbed Jalloh, some punched him, some wrestled with his gun. Reineberg got the gun away from Jalloh and dropped an empty magazine.

Ancheta said he started to feel some pain once he put his pocket knife away.

“I’m like, “Guys, can you get off me? I think I’ve been shot'”, Ancheta said.

Reineberg immediately started performing first aid, and Ancheta pulled out his phone and told him to call his mom. That was when they noticed Shah was injured.

He fell onto the wall, and Reineberg caught him on the way down. He had a gunshot on his right thigh, and the cadets made a tourniquet with a belt. One cadet called the ODU’s chief of police, and another led rounds of law enforcement to the room.

SWAT arrives SWAT officers took over first aid on Shah once they arrived, and put a chest seal on Ancheta. Both went into surgery once they arrived at the hospital, and the other cadets were interviewed at the police station.

Cecilia Osso said they knew someone had died, but did not know who. She only found out it was Shah after calling an academy member. Other cadets said they found out once they got back home.

“He’s a hero. He lunged at him, just wrestled with him, tried to save us,” Ancheta said.

Multiple cadets said that Shah’s guidance was the reason they were able do what they did in the moment.

Jah-ire Urtarte, who was sitting in the front row right near the door, said he would not be alive if it weren’t for Shah.

“If he didn’t lunge at him, you know, I wouldn’t be here right now,” Urtate said. “There’s a possibility he could have turned his gun, and I could’ve been next.”

Terrorist attack investigation The FBI held a press conference hours after the shooting where the Norfolk field office was investigating it as a terrorist attack.

Jalloh had previously been convicted of giving material support to ISIS, known as ISIL at the time, and served about eight years of an 11-year sentence, court records show.

Court documents from his 2016 conviction showed Jalloh sent money to people affiliated with ISIL, and shared information to a confidential informant about his desire to commit an attack like the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood.

Jalloh was released from jail two-and-a-half years early and enrolled as a student at ODU in the summer of 2025 — seven months before he attacked the classroom in Constant Hall.

The aftermath In the weeks after the shooting, the ODU Faculty Senate — which had previously expressed its feelings about President Brian Hemphill in a vote of no confidence — has raised concerns about safety matters at Constant Hall and on campus.

The senate resurfaced a 2024 email from an instructor who wrote to Hemphill about safety concerns in Constant Hall, the building that houses the Strome School of Business.

The instructor said they feared a shooter would have no barrier to accessing their classrooms.

In response, the ODU Board of Visitors issued a strong rebuke, suggesting the Senate was trying to use a terrorist attack to further its political motives against President Hemphill.

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    SALT LAKE CITY (KSL, KSL TV) — A Utah teen who survived a horrific crash that killed his two close friends is speaking publicly for the first time, surrounded by the families of the teens who lost their lives.

Fifteen-year-old Corey Wayman said he still doesn’t understand how he survived the crash that took the lives of 15-year-old Xander Hover and 17-year-old Ava Olivares.

“I don’t know how. It’s a miracle that I’m here today,” Corey said.

The three friends were traveling in a pickup truck Thursday night in Juab County on Weiss Highway when the vehicle left the road and crashed. Investigators said speed was a factor. Ava was driving. None of the teens were wearing seatbelts, and all three were thrown from the truck. Corey was the sole survivor.

“There’s a reason I lived,” he said. “I don’t know what it is yet.”

Corey described his injuries, which included a broken collarbone, a broken nose, 18 stitches in his hand, and internal bleeding. Despite the trauma, doctors expect him to make a full recovery. He is scheduled to return to the hospital for nose surgery later this week.

The three teens shared a close bond and spent nearly every day together.

“We were just inseparable,” Corey said.

Family and friends gathered at Draper Park to support Corey and to honor Ava and Xander.

Aaron Olivares, Ava’s father, called the loss unimaginable. Olivares is also battling stage 4 cancer.

“It’s the worst nightmare you could ever go through,” he said. “She was a fierce competitor. On one hand, she was so good to people. She treated people so well and just had a genuine love.”

He said the teens were simply driving as the sun was setting when Ava missed a corner.

Xander’s father, Jessie Hover, remembered his son as someone who loved everyone and stood out to those around him.

“He was an extraordinary kid,” Hover said. “He just loved everybody.”

All three teens were accomplished junior drag racers. Ava had recently won a 2025 championship in Las Vegas. Xander was known for his entrepreneurial spirit and love for the outdoors, even making his own duck-calling whistles.

Corey said he plans to carry on the bond he shared with his friends and honor their lives moving forward.

“I think it’s probably just to carry on for any of us,” he said.

The families said seatbelt use was always emphasized and hope this tragedy serves as a reminder to drivers everywhere.

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