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A former Southern California elementary school teacher was sentenced to prison for possessing hundreds of child sex abuse material. Steven Pilar, 47, of Las Vegas, formerly worked as a fifth grade teacher at the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District in the San Gabriel Valley school, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In February and April of 2020, while living in Victorville, Pilar used BitTorrent, a digital file-sharing software, to download videos and images of child pornography from the web and onto his computer. Prosecutors said he received and downloaded around 444 videos and images containing children engaging in sexually explicit conduct and “knowingly possessed the videos for a time before deleting them.” In April 2020, Pilar was arrested on state charges, which were later dropped so a federal case could be pursued, officials said. In August 2024, he was charged with two counts of receiving child pornography and two counts of possessing child pornography. In December 2024, he pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography. Steven Victor Pilar is seen in a photo released by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department

Updated on: March 29, 2025 / 1:32 AM EDT / CBS/AP Search for survivors after Thailand-Myanmar quakes Search for survivors after Thailand-Myanmar earthquakes topple buildings 02:17 Bangkok — The death toll from a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar jumped to nearly 700 on Saturday as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country’s second-largest city. State-run television MRTV reported that 694 people have now been found dead and another 1,670 injured, with 68 others missing, according to a statement from the military-led government. The same figures were also reported by the independent news site The Irrawaddy.  Myanmar is in the throes of a prolonged and bloody civil war, which is already responsible for a massive humanitarian crisis. It makes movement around the country both difficult and dangerous, complicating relief efforts and raising fears that the death toll could still rise precipitously. A car is crushed under a collapsed building in Mandalay on March 28, 2025, after an earthquake in central Myanmar. A powerful earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28, buckling roads

Authorities are searching for an inmate who escaped from a Los Angeles County facility Friday night. Deshon R. Daniels, 26, was serving his sentence at the Male Community Reentry Program facility when he escaped at around 7:45 p.m., according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Authorities received an alert that he had tampered with his ankle monitor. Following a search of the buildings and grounds, he was nowhere to be found.  Deshon R. Daniels, 26, is seen in a booking photo from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Daniels is 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 202 pounds. He has brown eyes and black hair. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison for two counts of second-degree robbery with enhancements for use of a firearm. Authorities with the CDCR and local law enforcement agencies have been notified and are assisting in the search. It’s unclear where he may be headed. Anyone who has seen Daniels or knows his whereabouts is asked to immediately call their local law enforcement agency or simply dial 911. The Male Community Reentry Program allows eligible

A 19-year-old suspect was arrested after two people were found shot in Riverside County. On March 22, deputies responded to an assault with a deadly weapon on the 600 Block of West Lakeshore Drive in Lake Elsinore at around 12:30 a.m. Arriving deputies found an injured person on the ground with several gunshot wounds. The suspect had fled the scene. Shortly after, authorities were notified that a second person had arrived at a nearby hospital with gunshot wounds as well. The two shootings were determined to be connected.  Investigators later identified Kenyelo Centeno-Guzman, 19, of Lake Elsinore as the suspected gunman. On March 27, a search warrant was served at his home where he was taken into custody for attempted murder and the recovery of a stolen firearm.  A second person at the home, Belica Guzman, 41, was also arrested on suspicion of evidence tampering, child endangerment, and willfully delaying/obstructing a peace officer. Kenyelo Centeno-Guzman, 19, of Lake Elsinore is seen in a booking photo from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. They were both transported and booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center. Authorities said

By Jared Ochacher Updated on: March 29, 2025 / 7:48 PM EDT / CBS News FAA investigating close call near Reagan National Delta plane, military jet have close call near Reagan National 02:12 A Delta Air Lines flight departing Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., experienced a close call with an Air Force jet just after takeoff Friday afternoon, authorities confirmed. Both flights ultimately continued to their destinations without incident. The situation occurred just after Delta Flight 2983, an Airbus A319, had taken off from Reagan International at around 3:15 p.m. Eastern Time bound for Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. Meanwhile, four U.S. Air Force T-38 Talons were in the area heading to Arlington National Cemetery for a flyover, the FAA said. Air traffic data from FlightRadar.com indicated one of the T-38 jets was at an altitude of 875 feet. The Delta flight “received an onboard alert that another aircraft was nearby,” and “air traffic controllers issued corrective instructions to both aircraft,” the FAA said. It’s unclear how close the fighter jet got to the passenger plane. The flight

A 62-year-old registered sex offender pleaded guilty Friday to recording upskirt videos in Irvine and Tustin and was sentenced to three years in prison. Roland Moreno pleaded guilty to felony counts of burglary and annoying or molesting a child with a prior conviction as well as 11 misdemeanor counts of using a concealed device to record another without their consent. In a separate case he pleaded guilty to five counts of using a concealed device to record another without their consent and a count of contempt of court, all misdemeanors. Police were called Oct. 20, 2023, to a Spirit Halloween store at 13852 Red Hill Ave., adjacent to Tustin High School, where they were told by multiple witnesses that Roland Moreno was seen taking videos under a woman’s skirt as she shopped inside the store with her two children. Moreno fled the store prior to the officers’ arrival but left his cellphone behind, police said. A search of his phone revealed additional videos of similar nature from various locations, police said. According to the criminal complaint, the dates of the upskirt videos were Sept. 17

A felon was convicted Friday of murdering a 17-year-old girl who was shot while walking on a Long Beach street near her house. Jurors deliberated about 1 1/2 days before finding Troy Lamar Fox guilty of first-degree murder for the March 26, 2024, shooting of Briana Soto, along with four counts of attempted murder involving shots that were fired at a vehicle and two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, according to Deputy District Attorney Robert Song. The motive for the attacks was not known, the prosecutor said. Soto was shot in the upper body near the intersection of 11th Street and Lewis Avenue, and was initially hospitalized in critical condition before dying four days later, Long Beach police said last year. Police said DNA, video and cellphone evidence pointed to Fox as the suspect in the girl’s killing. He has remained behind bars since his arrest last September on what police said was an unrelated weapons violation. The attempted murder charges stemmed from shots fired last April 9 at a vehicle containing an 18-year-old and three juveniles in the 1300 block

The CEO of a company that owned the rights to Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar’s name and likeness was arrested and extradited to L.A. to face fraud and money laundering charges. Olaf Kyros Gustafsson, 31, also known as “El Silencio,” is a Swedish national who owned Escobar Inc., a corporation registered in Puerto Rico that held successor-in-interest rights to the persona and legacy of Pablo Escobar, the Colombian narcoterrorist and head of the Medellín Cartel who died in 1993. The company used Escobar’s persona to market and sell a variety of products to the public including victims across Southern California, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. From July 2019 to November 2023, Gustafsson found existing products in the marketplace and used Escobar’s persona to advertise similar products at a much lower price than the competition, court documents said. Some of the items he allegedly sold included an Escobar Flamethrower, an Escobar Fold Phone, an Escobar Gold 11 Pro Phone, and Escobar Cash (marketed as a “physical cryptocurrency”). Gustafsson would receive payments for these items through PayPal, Stripe, Coinbase and other online payment platforms. However, despite