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Georgia Mayor Accused Of Breaking Into Lake House, Held At Gunpoint
1:16 PM – Sunday, July 9, 2023
According to police and the affected homeowner, Georgia Mayor Khalid Kamau was jailed for reportedly breaking into a lake house he desired and approaching the terrified homeowner while yelling, “Do you know who the f-k I am?”
South Fulton Mayor Khalid Kamau was arrested on Saturday after a resident reported a trespasser at his property on Cascade Palmetto Highway at 6:52 a.m.
While the victim was speaking with police, Kamau yelled at him many times, shouting, “Do you know who the f-k I am?… I’m the mayor, and I’ll wait for my police to arrive and see what happens,” WSB-TV reported.
Kamau has since refrained from making any comment on the incident, instead complimenting the South Fulton Police Department for their quick reaction.
“I do want to thank the South Fulton police and the staff of officers for their courteous and professional service throughout the day,” he told reporters after being released from jail on an $11,000 bond.
According to the police report, the mayor told authorities he was on his way to a dog park when he stopped by the property, stating that it was his “dream home” and that he hoped to buy it one day.
The mayor then revealed to authorities that he was aware that he was trespassing on the homeowner’s property, however, he told an Atlanta-based news station that he thought the house had been “abandoned.”
When the homeowner, who has not been named publicly, raced to get dressed and contacted police from inside his truck, he observed the mayor come up his driveway and approach the house.
The home’s owner then approached Kamau and held him at gunpoint until police came, urging the mayor to remain still.
“No, motherf–ker, you stay right there,” the homeowner told him, according to Kamau.
According to the mayor, he apologized to the homeowner and explained who he was. When the homeowner told him to wait for the cops, Kamau allegedly said, “Are you going to shoot me while I’m walking away?”
The mayor was charged with criminal trespass and first-degree burglary and was taken into the Fulton County Jail before being released on bail.
City authorities stated that the inquiry is underway and did not disclose any other information about the case.
“The city of South Fulton is committed to upholding the law and ensuring that all individuals, regardless of their position, are subject to the same fair and just treatment,” officials said.
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/georgia-mayor-accused-of-breaking-into-lake-house-held-at-gunpoint/
Pilot killed along with five others when small plane crashed 500ft from the runway in California - after telling air traffic control he could not see the landing strip in dense fog
Updated 17:34 EDT, 9 July 2023
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A Cessna C550 Citation jet crashed in Southern California killing all six on board
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The pilot was attempting to land but a dense layer of fog compromised visibility
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It is the second fatal incident at the French Valley Airport in less than a week
A pilot was killed along with five others when their small plane crashed 500ft from a runway in California - after warning air traffic control he could not see the landing strip in dense fog.
A Cessna C550 Citation jet was attempting to land at around 4.15am on Saturday at the French Valley Airport between Los Angeles and San Diego when foggy conditions prevented the pilot from clearly seeing the runway.
After aborting an initial landing attempt, the jet crashed when it missed the runway by around 500 feet and went up in flames.
Everyone on board the plane, which was arriving from Las Vegas, died in the crash, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The pilot was 25-year-old Riese Lenders and on board were two married couples and 31-year-old Lindsey Gleiche of Huntington Beach.
The couples were Manuel Vargas-Regalado, 32, and his wife Abigail Tellez-Vargas, 33, as well as Ibrahem Razick, 46, and his wife Alma, 51.
The crash was the second fatal incident at French Valley Airport in less than a week - on Tuesday a single-engine Cessna 172 crashed in the parking lot soon after taking off, killing one of the four people on board.
The resulting fire set alight an acre of vegetation before crews were able to put it out.
National Transportation Safety Board said in a press conference held on Saturday that a 'marine layer' of fog - common around coastal southern California - had descended upon the runway.
The pilot told air traffic controllers that he was going to perform a go around and abort his first landing, which they approved.
Flight tracking information from Flight Aware shows that the twin-jet aircraft abandoned its first attempt at an altitude of less than 1,600 feet and a speed of around 170 mph.
It then looped back around and attempted to make the landing the second time, but crashed several hundred feet before the runway, around 58 minutes after it took off from Harry Reid International in Nevada.
Photos captured later in the morning during the recovery phase showed thick fog around the airport
French Valley is an airport in the hills north of San Diego at an altitude of around 1,350 feet.
The plane that crashed taking off from the airport on Tuesday was being piloted by a father who was flying with his three children. He died and the children survived.
In November 2021, a pilot died on a hillside near the airport after crashing his Zodiac plane. When deputies arrived, they found the man, the plane's sole occupant, dead inside the aircraft.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12280563/Pilot-killed-five-small-plane-crashed-500ft-runway-California.html