A family on Long Island, New York, is crediting their 12-year-old with saving the day.They say he did all the right things when someone broke into their house. 12-year-old Tristen Taylor of Medford was home alone in his bedroom midday Tuesday when he heard the kitchen window break and footsteps inside the house.A stranger was walking from room to room.”I said, I have to get out the house,” Tristen said. It may sound like the Christmas classic “Home Alone,” but unlike the holiday movie, there were no traps or pranks — just quick thinking, a fast police response and a child who did all the right things.After getting away through a ground-floor window, he called 911. As the man rummaged through the house, Tristen hid behind the garage.”I was on the phone with them, waiting for them to get here,” he said.Suffolk County police arrived in less than three minutes, catching the thief red-handed.”He is our little hero,” said Timothea Taylor, Tristen’s grandmother.”We were very proud that he was able to keep his composure and call the police as quickly as he did. Basically, without even thinking about it, he automatically called 911.”Tristen’s family credits movies he’s seen, plus his good instincts.To his neighbors, he’s also a hero for stopping a brazen burglar.Mike Campanella, a neighbor, said, “I would hope my son would have done the same thing, when someone is breaking into the house — caution is to get out and then call the police.””You just have to be brave and call them,” Tristen said. The suspect now faces burglary charges.He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Wednesday.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. —
A family on Long Island, New York, is crediting their 12-year-old with saving the day.
They say he did all the right things when someone broke into their house.
12-year-old Tristen Taylor of Medford was home alone in his bedroom midday Tuesday when he heard the kitchen window break and footsteps inside the house.
A stranger was walking from room to room.
“I said, I have to get out the house,” Tristen said.
It may sound like the Christmas classic “Home Alone,” but unlike the holiday movie, there were no traps or pranks — just quick thinking, a fast police response and a child who did all the right things.
After getting away through a ground-floor window, he called 911. As the man rummaged through the house, Tristen hid behind the garage.
“I was on the phone with them, waiting for them to get here,” he said.
Suffolk County police arrived in less than three minutes, catching the thief red-handed.
“He is our little hero,” said Timothea Taylor, Tristen’s grandmother.
“We were very proud that he was able to keep his composure and call the police as quickly as he did. Basically, without even thinking about it, he automatically called 911.”
Tristen’s family credits movies he’s seen, plus his good instincts.
To his neighbors, he’s also a hero for stopping a brazen burglar.
Mike Campanella, a neighbor, said, “I would hope my son would have done the same thing, when someone is breaking into the house — caution is to get out and then call the police.”
“You just have to be brave and call them,” Tristen said.
The suspect now faces burglary charges.
He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Wednesday.
A family on Long Island, New York, is crediting their 12-year-old with saving the day.They say he did all the right things when someone broke into their house. 12-year-old Tristen Taylor of Medford was home alone in his bedroom midday Tuesday when he heard the kitchen window break and footsteps inside the house.A stranger was walking from room to room.”I said, I have to get out the house,” Tristen said. It may sound like the Christmas classic “Home Alone,” but unlike the holiday movie, there were no traps or pranks — just quick thinking, a fast police response and a child who did all the right things.After getting away through a ground-floor window, he called 911. As the man rummaged through the house, Tristen hid behind the garage.”I was on the phone with them, waiting for them to get here,” he said.Suffolk County police arrived in less than three minutes, catching the thief red-handed.”He is our little hero,” said Timothea Taylor, Tristen’s grandmother.”We were very proud that he was able to keep his composure and call the police as quickly as he did. Basically, without even thinking about it, he automatically called 911.”Tristen’s family credits movies he’s seen, plus his good instincts.To his neighbors, he’s also a hero for stopping a brazen burglar.Mike Campanella, a neighbor, said, “I would hope my son would have done the same thing, when someone is breaking into the house — caution is to get out and then call the police.””You just have to be brave and call them,” Tristen said. The suspect now faces burglary charges.He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Wednesday.
LONG ISLAND, N.Y. —
A family on Long Island, New York, is crediting their 12-year-old with saving the day.
They say he did all the right things when someone broke into their house.
12-year-old Tristen Taylor of Medford was home alone in his bedroom midday Tuesday when he heard the kitchen window break and footsteps inside the house.
A stranger was walking from room to room.
“I said, I have to get out the house,” Tristen said.
It may sound like the Christmas classic “Home Alone,” but unlike the holiday movie, there were no traps or pranks — just quick thinking, a fast police response and a child who did all the right things.
After getting away through a ground-floor window, he called 911. As the man rummaged through the house, Tristen hid behind the garage.
“I was on the phone with them, waiting for them to get here,” he said.
Suffolk County police arrived in less than three minutes, catching the thief red-handed.
“He is our little hero,” said Timothea Taylor, Tristen’s grandmother.
“We were very proud that he was able to keep his composure and call the police as quickly as he did. Basically, without even thinking about it, he automatically called 911.”
Tristen’s family credits movies he’s seen, plus his good instincts.
To his neighbors, he’s also a hero for stopping a brazen burglar.
Mike Campanella, a neighbor, said, “I would hope my son would have done the same thing, when someone is breaking into the house — caution is to get out and then call the police.”
“You just have to be brave and call them,” Tristen said.
The suspect now faces burglary charges.
He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment on Wednesday.
Three inmates who escaped from a jail east of Atlanta, including one who was being held on a murder charge, used jail phones to call friends on the outside who met them and arranged a Lyft ride to whisk them out of Georgia, authorities said Tuesday.The inmates, who were captured in South Florida, were able to “compromise” a portion of a cell inside the DeKalb County Jail to make their escape, said DeKalb County Chief Deputy Temetris Atkins. He didn’t provide more specifics because jailers don’t want other inmates to know the facility’s weaknesses.“We repaired the area that was compromised, and we’re looking at other areas that are similar to that to fortify them to make sure that they are not compromised in the same manner,” Atkins said at a Tuesday news conference.DeKalb County Sheriff Melody Maddox described the jail as an “aging facility that’s deteriorating right before our eyes.” The jail is in Decatur, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of downtown Atlanta.The escape was discovered early Monday during a routine security check, authorities said. All three inmates were captured in Florida, said Eric Heinze, assistant chief inspector with the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force.After jailers realized the three were gone, investigators listened to recordings of conversations they’d had on recorded phone lines. They learned that one of the inmates had contacted people on the outside who helped them evade capture after the escape, U.S. Marshal Thomas Brown said.The inmates were picked up by an unnamed man and taken to one of their girlfriends’ homes, Brown said. Then, a Lyft ride was arranged to transport them to an address in Florida, he said.“As you can imagine, the Lyft driver is very traumatized by this,” Brown said.The inmates range in age from 24 to 31, with the youngest one charged with murder and armed robbery. The other two inmates face charges that include armed robbery and arson.The sheriff’s office had warned that the men might be armed and were considered dangerous after their escape.The inmate accused of murder and armed robbery, Stevenson Charles, 24, has had several run-ins with law officers in Georgia and Florida. He had been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of kidnapping and bank robbery, a federal agent wrote in a Monday affidavit regarding the recent jail escape.After being sentenced, the agent wrote, Charles was turned over to DeKalb County authorities on Dec. 5 to face the murder charge, details of which were not immediately available. A federal criminal complaint charging him with the escape does not list an attorney who could be contacted to comment on his behalf, and it wasn’t clear whether he has one at this early stage of the case.In one of multiple cases involving Charles in South Florida, he is accused of meeting a man through the Grindr online dating application and then pulling a gun on him when they met in person at a Miami residence in 2022. Charles then drove the man to various Miami area banks, withdrawing money from the victim’s accounts, court records show.
Three inmates who escaped from a jail east of Atlanta, including one who was being held on a murder charge, used jail phones to call friends on the outside who met them and arranged a Lyft ride to whisk them out of Georgia, authorities said Tuesday.
The inmates, who were captured in South Florida, were able to “compromise” a portion of a cell inside the DeKalb County Jail to make their escape, said DeKalb County Chief Deputy Temetris Atkins. He didn’t provide more specifics because jailers don’t want other inmates to know the facility’s weaknesses.
“We repaired the area that was compromised, and we’re looking at other areas that are similar to that to fortify them to make sure that they are not compromised in the same manner,” Atkins said at a Tuesday news conference.
DeKalb County Sheriff Melody Maddox described the jail as an “aging facility that’s deteriorating right before our eyes.” The jail is in Decatur, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of downtown Atlanta.
The escape was discovered early Monday during a routine security check, authorities said. All three inmates were captured in Florida, said Eric Heinze, assistant chief inspector with the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force.
After jailers realized the three were gone, investigators listened to recordings of conversations they’d had on recorded phone lines. They learned that one of the inmates had contacted people on the outside who helped them evade capture after the escape, U.S. Marshal Thomas Brown said.
The inmates were picked up by an unnamed man and taken to one of their girlfriends’ homes, Brown said. Then, a Lyft ride was arranged to transport them to an address in Florida, he said.
“As you can imagine, the Lyft driver is very traumatized by this,” Brown said.
The inmates range in age from 24 to 31, with the youngest one charged with murder and armed robbery. The other two inmates face charges that include armed robbery and arson.
The sheriff’s office had warned that the men might be armed and were considered dangerous after their escape.
The inmate accused of murder and armed robbery, Stevenson Charles, 24, has had several run-ins with law officers in Georgia and Florida. He had been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of kidnapping and bank robbery, a federal agent wrote in a Monday affidavit regarding the recent jail escape.
After being sentenced, the agent wrote, Charles was turned over to DeKalb County authorities on Dec. 5 to face the murder charge, details of which were not immediately available. A federal criminal complaint charging him with the escape does not list an attorney who could be contacted to comment on his behalf, and it wasn’t clear whether he has one at this early stage of the case.
In one of multiple cases involving Charles in South Florida, he is accused of meeting a man through the Grindr online dating application and then pulling a gun on him when they met in person at a Miami residence in 2022. Charles then drove the man to various Miami area banks, withdrawing money from the victim’s accounts, court records show.
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SAN JOSE — A man who gained infamy nearly a decade ago when he escaped a San Jose jail while awaiting his robbery trial saw his initial 49-year prison term cut by more than half Thursday, following a second successful appeal and a plea to a Santa Clara County judge to more heavily factor his dramatic personal transformation and his troubled childhood.
Laron Campbell poses for a Nov. 2024 photo, included in a Santa Clara County court filing, that was taken after he earned his high school diploma in a state prison facility in Soledad while serving a robbery sentence. On Nov. 13, 2025, after a second resentencing, Campbell’s prison term was reduced to 18 years and 8 months, from an initial 2016 sentence of 49 years. (Laron Campbell via Santa Clara County Superior Court)
Laron Campbell, 35, appeared via video feed in a San Jose courtroom before Judge Daniel Nishigaya, with Campbell’s fiancée and numerous supporters present both in person and also on video. The judge initially sentenced Campbell to 49 years in prison, then in 2023 reduced it to 30 years after Campbell successfully appealed.
Campbell benefited from legislation in the intervening years, aimed at reducing the state’s prison population, that gave judges more sentencing discretion. On Thursday, during a second resentencing that was ordered by the 6th District Court of Appeal earlier this year, Nishigaya further reduced Campbell’s sentence to 18 years and 8 months.
That decrease came largely from the judge, at the urging of the appellate court, removing a firearm enhancement that added 10 years to his term. Nishigaya also suspended a 4-year term after deciding that Campbell’s conviction for unplugging and disabling a victim’s phone during a 2014 home invasion robbery was part of the main offense and not a separate crime.
While explaining his decision, Nishigaya said Campbell’s determination to reform himself “is rare, relatively unique, and speaks well for what Mr. Campbell has done for himself and for those around him subsequent to his convictions and original sentencing in these matters.”
Campbell was convicted in 2016 of committing armed home-invasion robberies in Fremont and Cupertino in 2014, and of an attempted burglary in 2016, records show. He had two prior convictions, for theft in 2008 and burglary in 2010, for which he served about three years in prison.
While awaiting trial for the 2016 cases, in November of that year, Campbell and another man broke out of their holding cells in Main Jail South in San Jose and were fugitives for about a week. Campbell was found at his sister’s home in Antioch and later pleaded no contest to the escape.
At his 2023 resentencing, Campbell described an extensive rehabilitation journey that encompassed him taking responsibility for his crimes, obtaining his high school diploma and engrossing himself in education, and becoming a model prisoner who compelled his correctional officers to vouch for him.
Campbell continued that campaign in an array of writings and declarations filed in court prior to Thursday’s hearing, including a post-release plan that detailed immediate transition support from the civil-rights group Silicon Valley De-Bug, several job prospects and a relocation to New York with his fiancée and her family, as proof that he will immediately enter a supportive environment.
“Though I am not perfect … my mission is to continue working through my past traumas, reflect on my harmful actions and belief system, and continually educate myself so that when the time does come for me to truly get a second chance at life, I will be ready mentally, physically and spiritually,” Campbell wrote in a letter filed with the court.
The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office opposed reducing Campbell’s sentence, arguing the court was already aware of Campbell’s rehabilitation at his 2023 resentencing, and urged Nishigaya to preserve the 30-year term and firearm enhancement. Deputy District Attorney Anne Seery also argued Campbell had not proven that his childhood trauma was substantive enough to entitle him to further reductions.
On Thursday, Seery gave her own impassioned plea to Nishigaya to consider Campbell’s victims in his decision, calling to mind their indelible memories of waking up to a man pointing a gun at their faces and threatening retribution if they called police. She also recalled how she had to tell the victims Campbell escaped from jail.
“That is public safety, that is fear,” Seery said in court. “Years have gone by, but that doesn’t make that less frightening … That doesn’t make it OK because he’s now said sorry. That fear needs to be acknowledged and punished.”
She also referenced a 2024 criminal charge in Monterey County, where Campbell was being held in prison in Soledad, after he was found with marijuana in his cell. Campbell apologized for and took responsibility for that violation, and his attorney noted that Campbell agreed to drug counseling and other measures that ended with the charge being reduced to a misdemeanor.
In its January resentencing order, the appellate court referenced state legislation in 2021 that should have mitigated the firearm enhancement, on the grounds that Campbell’s childhood trauma was a relevant background factor in his crimes, and that he was 25 years old or younger at the time.
Campbell was exactly 25 when he committed the robbery crimes, and he has extensively described bouncing around in foster care and having a fleeting relationship with his mother — who gave birth while incarcerated — and becoming destabilized after he was removed from foster parents with whom he lived for eight years, and considered his family. His Berkeley-based attorney Raphael Goldman described him as the victim of “a Dickensian failure of our social safety net.”
Goldman sought either a 14-year, 8 month sentence, which would have meant his imminent release, or a 16-year, 8 month sentence, which could have made him eligible to serve out the rest of his term out of prison under the Male Community Reentry Program, a transitional housing setup run by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Nishigaya said he was “not giving either party exactly what they have asked for” in selecting the 18-year, 8 month term. But the judge agreed to recommend Campbell be entered into the CDCR’s transitional program, which requires candidates to be within 32 months of the end of their sentences. That could occur within the next year for Campbell after factoring in his time served, custody credits and other sentencing relief.
“Ultimately, the court’s decision to give Laron a reduced sentence today resulted from Laron’s own incredibly hard work and his extraordinary rehabilitation,” Goldman said after Thursday’s court hearing. “I know he will do great things when he finally gains his well-earned freedom.”
Chicago is in for a weekend of Air and Water Show fanfare.|
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Technically, Chicago’s annual Air and Water Show on Saturday, August 10, and Sunday, August 11 will be held between Fullerton Avenue and Oak Street, but the strafing planes have been known to fly as far north as Rogers Park. There are, however, options for escape. One possibility is leaving town altogether. Another is hiding in a basement with snacks for sustenance. A third, and arguably best solution, is finding a peaceful patio far from the lake, with nice food, drink, and a quiet summer sky as a pleasant backdrop.
Those who aren’t excited about the Blue Angels’ return can take back the weekend with Eater Chicago’s list of top bars and restaurants where patrons can avoid the roar of aircraft through the two-day event.
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Police on Saturday searched for a Union County man who ran from officers after he was arrested and handcuffed on a charge of attempted murder.
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Police searched Saturday for a Union County man who ran from officers after he was arrested and handcuffed on a charge of attempted murder.
People might recognize the man if only because “he may still be in handcuffs,” Monroe Police said on Facebook.
“He is considered armed and dangerous,” police said about 42-year-old Waxhaw resident Cleveland Lamont Waters. “If you see him, do not approach him and immediately call 911.”
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Waters is accused of shooting a person multiple times just after 4:30 a.m. Friday on English Street, police said.
The victim ran to nearby Winchester Avenue, where he collapsed, police said. Police didn’t release the name of the person who was shot, but said the person was hospitalized and is “expected to survive.”
Monroe Police, Union County sheriff’s deputies and other law enforcement officers were “actively searching” for Waters after his escape Friday night, according to a Monroe Police Department Facebook post Saturday morning.
Waters was last seen wearing black pants and a red shirt, police said.
Investigators obtained warrants on Waters and tracked him to a home on Locklyn Road in Waxhaw Friday night, police said.
Monroe Police, Waxhaw Police and the Union County Sheriff’s Office special response team executed a search warrant on the home and detained him inside, investigators said.
Officers seized multiple firearms and illegal narcotics found in the home, Monroe Police said.
“Before Waters was able to be booked into jail, he escaped custody still wearing his handcuffs in the area surrounding Carroll Street, Rolling Hill Drive and King Arthur Drive,” police said in a Facebook post.
Officers “conducted a widespread search of the area overnight using K9s and other advanced search techniques and technology,” but couldn’t find him, police said.
“Detectives believe Waters has fled the area,” the police Facebook post said.
The Monroe Police Department has requested additional resources from surrounding agencies, along with state and federal agencies.
Waters is wanted on charges including attempted first-degree murder, possession of a firearm by a felon and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.
Police urge the public to call 911 if they see Waters, or leave a message on the Union County Crime Stoppers anonymous tips line, 704-283-5600. A cash reward up to $5,000 is offered for anonymous information that helps lead to an arrest, police said.
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A 9-month-old bobcat named Grace has escaped from the Washington Park Zoo in Michigan City, Indiana.
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A 9-month-old bobcat has escaped from an Indiana zoo, causing worry among zookeepers, officials say.
The bobcat, named Grace, broke free from her enclosure at the Washington Park Zoo in Michigan City, officials said in a May 29 news release. Grace is believed to have escaped not only from her exhibit, but also the entire zoo.
Grace arrived at the northern Indiana zoo in December with her sister, Hazel. The two have been in their own housed habitat since April.
Since realizing Grace had vanished, zoo officials said they moved Hazel to another enclosure at the facility. It’s unclear how Grace escaped.
Though zoo officials said the public should not be concerned, they are worried for Grace.
“Grace is roughly the size of a large house cat,” zoo director Jamie Huss said in a statement. “Her prey would range from chipmunks to rabbits and smaller. We are concerned for her safety, and have continued to set live traps and trail cameras in hopes of a sighting and recapture.”
Bobcats are most prevalent in southern and central Indiana, but state officials said their population is growing in northern Indiana. They usually prefer to roam in forested areas.
The zoo said police, animal control and the state’s department of natural resources are aware of the situation.
“Due to her age and size, Grace will likely not be a threat to humans or most animals as long as she is left alone,” Suss said. “Bobcats are quiet, secretive and active from dusk to night; and as with all wildlife, the natural response of a bobcat is to move away from humans.”
Michigan City is situated along Lake Michigan about 60 miles southeast of Chicago.
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UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) — At Flaco’s favorite oak tree in Central Park, many were leaving flowers and letters – it is just a glimpse at how loved he was.
If only Flaco knew what he meant to New York City.
Flaco’s flight to stardom began in February 2023 when someone broke into the Central Park Zoo and freed him.
He spent the last year out of captivity – roaming New York City, warming hearts and really defying odds – odds stacked so firmly against wildlife in the city.
The Wild Bird Fund says light pollution at night is part of the problem – some activists are pushing for the city to pass ‘Flaco’s Law’ – anything to prevent the demise of a wild, beautiful creature.
“Flaco’s loss is a big loss for the city. He was able to capture the imaginations of so many people,” said NYC Audubon Director of Conservation Dr. Dustin Patridge.
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A trio of llamas escaped their pasture to frolic through a snowy Colorado neighborhood — until the cops showed up, photos show.
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A trio of runaway llamas seized an opportunity for some mischief in a Colorado neighborhood, funny photos show.
Residents in a town near Denver spotted the llamas running through the snowy streets before Wheat Ridge police showed up to wrangle them, the department said on Facebook.
“In Colorado, even the llamas love fresh powder,” the department said in the Feb. 4 post. “Three llamas in southeast Wheat Ridge were so eager to play in the snow this morning, they got out of their fence.”
Photos show the llamas hanging out together and grazing under tall trees where less snow has fallen. One of the photos shows officers posing with the haltered llamas.
“Sofia, Tina and Napoleon are back home with their folks now after hanging out with our team,” the post says.
People in the comments got a kick out of the llamas’ names — especially the ones that seemed to come from the movie “Napoleon Dynamite.”
“Of course one is Tina, & Napoleon,” someone wrote, adding a GIF from the movie.
Some said they understood the llamas’ desire to escape.
“Maybe the snow was whiter and fluffier on the other side of the fence,” someone said.
“It was a llama snow day!” another person said.
Brooke (she/them) is a McClatchy Real-Time reporter who covers LGBTQ+ entertainment news and national parks out west. They studied journalism at the University of Florida, and previously covered LGBTQ+ news for the South Florida Sun Sentinel. When they’re not writing stories, they enjoy hanging out with their cats, riding horses or spending time outdoors.
In a classic case of cat-and-mouse, the Judicial Investigation Agency (OIJ) together with the Fuerza Publica, cracked the code and sprang into action, uprooting an undercover marijuana nursery in Pérez Zeledón. This was no hasty heist; the operation was a meticulous orchestration of weeks of unwavering investigation, a saga of persistence that saw the case ultimately nestled in the hands of the Prosecutor’s Office.
A Forest of Illicit Foliage
In the shrouded secrecy of the nursery, 848 marijuana plants had been flourishing away from the prying eyes of justice. These weren’t just your regular backyard varieties. Oh no, they ranged from petite 30 cm sprouts to towering 1.8-meter giants, each basking in their illegal glory.
The Great Escape
As the drama unfolded, a mysterious figure emerged in the plot. A man, seemingly the guardian of the illicit greens, performed a grand vanishing act. He embraced the vegetation around with a desperate embrace and vanished, leaving the befuddled authorities grasping at the ethereal echoes of his presence.
A Hodgepodge of High Tech
Disguise was the name of the game, with tarps playing the lead role in this shadowy performance. Below this veil, a universe of sophistication revealed itself: an assembly of energy, lighting, and irrigation systems. All components meticulously orchestrated to bring life to this forbidden garden.
The Discovery Sequel
The thrill didn’t end there. A foray into a nearby…
ROMA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Roma man pleaded guilty to possessing over 5,000 pounds of marijuana in a drug house, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
Adan Ontiveros Jr., 34, is accused of drug trafficking after trying to escape a drug house in Roma.
In a press release from the Southern District of Texas U.S. Attorney’s Office, the suspected drug house was monitored by authorities for suspicious activity.
On July 16, 2020, authorities observed Ontiveros attempting to escape the drug house through an attic vent.
Police quickly arrested Ontiveros and conducted a search inside the drug house. Authorities found 5,460 pounds of marijuana valued at more than $33 million.
Ontiveros admitted he was aware there was marijuana in the stash house, the press release said. He is being charged with conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute [5,460 pounds of marijuana].
Ontiveros’ sentencing is scheduled on July 27. He faces up to life in prison and a maximum $10 million possible fine.
