fox5's abby theodros explains what the e-p-a found in that home. <<(shuffles through bag) josh langendor: alright so these are my notebooks seventh grader josh langendorf is finally sorting through his things after last week's mercury scare. josh langendorf: my lunch box my shoes my pencils. a lot a lot of stuff. a lot a lot of stuff all of it quarentined . abby: you said you have almost everything, except? josh: my bag...my roller back pack. and i think they found traces of mercury on it because its a roller back pack, its on the ground. 80 bags were brought in for testing this weekend, 60 homes were evaluated, one family asked to evacuate. nattis: its unclear where it was actually found because it was so high. so we cant pin point that so we're going to do another investigation. randy nattis with the epa couldnt tell us more about the family..but we talked to this mom who says her home was inspected too. kristina langendorf: it was scary because i didnt know what to expect or what they were going to find. her home was in the clear but she still h

fox5's abby theodros spoke with neighbors who say this is an abby: "this gate and do not enter sign are just a few precautions one property owner took to keep squatters away but it wasnt enough. neighbors agree the problem is getting out of hand." fritzie stephins, neighbor: it scares me. the early morning fire at a vacant apartment complex near the stratosphere scares neighbor fritzie stephins.. but it doesnt surprise her. fritzie stephin s, neighbor: the whole neighborhood is full of squatters so ..and we had two fires previously and they were both caused by squatters. witnesses told investigators they saw a man jump out of a second story window while the complex was on fire. they say they found a man with second degree burns a few blocks away and he was taken to the hospital. car nat fox 5 called the property owner...he didnt want to go on camera but told us the complex has been vacant since january. which is about the same time he started getting squatters. nats he says he's tried everything...includi ng signs, a gate and locks...nothing's worked. there was evidence that squatters w

live in the news room abby theodros fox5news local las vegas. the h-o-a says they plan to hold a meeting in october where it will decide on how to handle the trash problem. we have a follow up to a story we brought you tuesday... an audit by the special inspector generals office on a federal program meant to help homeowners brought to light some disturbing expenses... the company tasked with distributing federal money to nevadan's to keep them in their homes was instead using the funds on big parties, and employee gifts... fox5s miguel martinez-valle has been following the story all with the new c-o-o of the company to discuss the controversial audit... inside this 50 plus page audit... countless examples of wreckless spending and unnecessary expenses that added up to $8.2 million dollars of tarp money wasted... today i asked the coo where the nevada affordable housing assistance corporation goes from here... verise campbell started as coo of nahac in june... so she says she was more than a little shocked when months later this audit came out cl

fox5s abby theodros talked with neighbors who say this is an ongoing problem. 0-5 locator 5-10 abby: "this gate and do not ent precautions one property owner took to keep squatters away but it wasnt enough. neighbors agree the problem is getting out of hand." fritzie stephins, neighbor: it scares me. the early morning fire at a vacant apartment complex near the stratosphere scares neighbor fritzie stephins.. but it doesnt surprise her. 22-31 fritzie stephin s, neighbor: the whole neighborhood is full of squatters so ..and we had two fires previously and they were both caused by squatters. witnesses told fire investigators they saw a man jump out of a second story window while the they say they found a man with second degree burns a few blocks away and he was taken to the hospital. car nat fox 5 called the property owner...he didnt want to go on camera but told us the complex has been vacant since january. which is about the same time he started getting squatters. nats he says he's tried everything...includi ng signs, a gate and locks...nothing's worked. 1:02-1:07 tim szymanski: there

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abby theodros fox5 new local las vegas>> anthony was hit by a wreckless driver. his family needs help paying for this unexpected medical burden. if you would like to help the family... you can find a link to anthony's go- fund-me-page on the homepage of five vegas dot com. new this morning, the "maker movement" is changing classroom learning. public schools in the u-s are joining the educational movement which encourages students to direct their own education. they do so by tapping into their creativity and collaborating with others. students use a wide range of materials, from 3-d printers to simple building blocks to solve problems. the teachers observe the work... but do not direct the students. school districts in kansas and missouri have already adopted the program. its no secret our educators pay for supplies out of their own pockets. so now, teachers across the country are turning to online crowdfunding to get the classroom supplies they desperately need. right now, education donations are surging on fundraising sites "gofundme" and "donors choose." the re

fox5's abby theodros joins us live near third street and las vegas boulevard. abby-- you've learned this isn't the first fire for the property, is it? the people i talked with today tell me this area is overrun with squatters. this particular property's had at least three fires in the last 2 years. ben medena, star motel co-owner: its frustrating ben medina is the co-owner of the star motel on third street - and he's talking about the vacant property next door ben medina: there have been multiple occasions of fires, vandalism, and vagrance this fire was this afternoon. the time before that was in december and the one before that - july 2014. all on the same property. abby: have you bm: traumatically. no one wants to come to the property if the property next door is closed. they dont have a fence up. ocassionally there will be homeless people coming in and out of the property las vegas fire and rescue told fox five the property has a squatter problem gf: if the owner doesnt care enough to put a fence around the property to make sure people dont get in if the buil

fox5's abby theodros is live at university medical center after speaking with the teenager and his family. anthony was moved from the icu to the burn unit today so he's still traumatized by what happened. he wasnt able to say much to us but his injuries speak volumes... :33 anthony orozco: i cant move my neck.. i cant move my body parts a fractured spine and a severed urethra are just a few of the injuries high school junior anthony orozco is suffering through :51 i dont feel too good. sometimes i wake up because its just too much pain and discomfort. i cant do too much. his parents told fox 5 he was hit by a car then dragged 20 feet down the street. it happened about 10 feet from his dad's home near deer springs and durango. jesus orozco, dad: he was walking to his car, he was about 3 feet away from it he was taking out his keys and he felt a bump on his back (butt to) he went underneath the tires and then next thing you know the first set ran over him - the orozco says the driver stopped at the scene but he's still furious... jesus orozco, dad: she said she was looking down..she looked

fox5's abby theodros joins us live in the news room after speaking with the victims mother. we talked about the latest developments in the case and she's still processing the fact that her son's suspected he's still on the loose i want to show you a picture of that suspect. his name is alonso perez...and police consider him dangerous. they say perez was arrested friday morning and managed to escape when a detective left him alone in an interview room and he broke free from his handcuffs. take a listen to what robinsons mom had to say about the ordeal. katra nestor: "he is running scared...somebody else might get hurt...somebody else might get killed. " perez stole a ford f-250 from a business 5 miles away from the police department. the next day...that truck has since been found but the search for perez continues. perez is 6-3 and 200 pounds. he was last seen wearing a #21 dallas cowboys jersey. the most distinct identifier he has is a 3 inch air jordan tattoo on the side of his neck anyone with should call police right away. you can remain anonymous by calling crimestoppers

fox five's abby theodros has more on what the h-o-a is doing about the mess. sandy: oh, everything. ive seen mattresses, out on the street, ive seen syringes at the park, ive seen glass all of this inside the gated community at centennial park near the 215 and fort apache. sandy says the neighborhood looked a lot different when she got the grand tour dollars of my life savings to buy the fisrt house ive ever bought. and i did it because theres an hoa and i never thought i would move into a neighborhood full of garbage so badly that there's rats in the neighborhood. she wasnt kidding. sandy- who didnt want to go on camera - or have us use her last name - showed us this picture...of a dead rat sprawled out near so mone's home. sandy: the garbage just lays there. more than her frustration towards what she calls messy neighbors - sandy is calling on the hoa to do something about it. sandy: we're not getting any help from the hoa. the hoa says they dont have the money to pick up the garbarge on a weekly basis. right now republic services comes twice a week to clear out garbage bins. the

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fox 5's abby theodros that womans dad... he says their family is in shock. shock describes it best. jose sanchez tells me he liked and approved of the very man that put his daughter in this life threatening position. jose sanchez: i didnt know what to say or what to think all i was praying for my daughter. jose sanchez's daughter - jessica is on life support. 0-4 js: they told us there isnt anything we can do. the family praying she'll hold on. they also have questions for her boyfriend. 17-19 js: it was dumb..what he was doing. police believe 19 year old raul espinoza was driving drunk. jessica was sitting in the passenger seat. jose sanchez: i can tell you i was upset and angry. just waiting for something to happen. sanchez says the couple was driving to a cousin's house. espinoza was seen weaving in and out of traffic at a high speed when he hit a car near charleston and eastern, took off, then hit another car near maryland parkway. espinoza eventually traffic pole. he walked away with out any serious injuries. nat sanchez says he trusted and liked espinoza because he helped jess

fox five's abby theodros has more on what the h-o-a is doing about the mess. sandy: oh, everything. ive seen mattresses, out on the street, ive seen syringes at the park, ive seen glass all of this inside the gated community at centennial park near the 215 and fort apache. sandy says the neighborhood looked a lot different when she got the grand tour sandy: im horrified. i mean i spent 25 k dollars of my life savings to buy the bought. and i did it because theres an hoa and i never thought i would move into a neighborhood full of garbage so badly that there's rats in the neighborhood. she wasnt kidding. sandy- who didnt want to go on camera - or have us use her last name - showed us this picture...of a dead rat sprawled out near so mone's home. sandy: the garbage just lays there. more than her frustration towards what she neighbors - sandy is calling on the hoa to do something about it. sandy: we're not getting any help from the hoa. the hoa says they dont have the money to pick up the garbarge on a weekly basis. right now republic services comes twice a week to clear out garbage bi

fox5's abby theodros reports. judy mckim: i had to let the neighbors know, what goes on in this little house on the corner. judy mckim's message is loud and clear. jk: i wrote this on my garage in an attempt to make sure my son was never treated by the police as the same way he was treated. nats her 28 year old son zach is severely autistic and dosent communicate well with others. 23-28 we're the little house where nobody comes out nobody goes in and there's weird noises from. mckim says that changed last week. judy mckim: a woman who had never seen an autistic rage called in domestic violence on my son - the police officers came, very gung-ho. her family didnt know what to think. judy mckim: there were three police officers on my sons bed w knees on his chest. with a pacifer in his mouth..the was laying on his back. and a diaper. he was screaming from the side of his pacifer and he was literally thinking he was life. judy mckim: that scared me. fox5 got a hold of the police report. it says zach was having "fits o

fox five's abby theodros is live on las vegas boulevard and serene. she talked to the people living in the apartment where the fire started. samantha hoyer and her boyfriend live in this unit..they told me they were cooking french fries last night and accidentally left i want to show you what the blaze looked like..fire fighters say they responded around 10:30-and it took them about an hour to contain. we got a chance to go into detail with hoyer about what happened and she stuck with her story. i also told her that her neighbors are skeptical but she wasnt phased " it's on the stove it's all apparent i don't care what any one says. i have no reason to lie. why would i burn up a unit where live that is crazy. " live look at the after math at the unit neighbors are calling the fires starting point. you can see clothes, shattered glass and burned up walls. and i called the clark county fire department again to see if theyve determined the cause of the fire yet or have any leads..they havent gotten back to me two robbers hit 4 businesses in on the west s

the victim's family reached out to fox5's abby theodros this week - the amin is out of the country on vacation the stampleys have been monitoring his social media accounts because they want to close this case but theyre worried he's out of the country and wont be coming back anytime soon family showed me - they believe qaadir amin went on vacation to the bahamas. this picture was posted on august 29th with nassau location. the victims son says they wont get any closure until amin is in police custody clay stampley jr.: it makes me very upset because he's able to travel, get on a plane, and stuff and i dont think everyo ne is taking it seriously like my family is we still have no answers. all my family wants is answers. amin is a suspect in the hit and run crash that killed clay stampley juniors dad. stampley senior was on his way to work when the driver in this gmc yukon ran a red light and hit him so hard... he was thrown out of the truck. the suspect took off. i called north las vegas police to check for an update...and they say the case is still open and theyre aware of police also

spooked after a bunch of high schoolers at chaparral high school received a friend request fox5s abby theodros spent the day looking into this situation and has more on how students are reacting and what police are saying about the situation thankfully - ccsd police are calling it a hoax but that doesn't mean students didn't get a good scare when they first got a friend request from a clown that kind of resembled the ones you're seeing here this is the profile picture students saw when they first clicked on the request from "garbo the clown". but it gets worse- this actuallly targeted ch school students. it reads "everyone that goes to chaparral high school in las vegas run!!! we're coming for you" i talked with jason egan of fright dome - who actually does this stuff for a living - take a listen to his take on the creepy clown trend jason egan, fright dome: i would prefer that those people leave the scaring up to the professionals because that makes us look bad too. we talked with ccsd police about their investigation and they wouldnt determined the account was a fake. they told us no charges

fox five's abby theodros is there right now. she joins us live - seeing this year in sports bettting. this isnt one of the games that'll be coming to a casino near you but the company "golden race" is promoting virtual sports betting on anything from poker to mma fighting. this is called the "golden box" game players would be watching previously recorded matches that were done in a green room. so you're looking at mma fighting but theres a variety of sports betting and casino games including poker, speedway and bike racing. one of the key appeals we're told is that its easily accessible and can be used in both casinos and on a self service device. we talked with a woman at the expo today who tried out both the mma fighting and the sports betting..take a listen. mimi carrera, expo goer: "it was a lot of fun. i love boxing. some people dont like machines option for everyone here -im told there are thousands of games on display this week at the expo and the goal is to come up with the most creative and interactive games that will a

fox5s abby theodros joins us live outside his home near pecos and cheyenne with the story. jerry cook says his home was hit not once but on occasions because of this sign that reads "veterans for trump" you can see two bullet holes in his front window directly where he placed the sign. this is the second time he's had to deal with some form of vandalism. he tells me his truck was shot at on another occasion. and he believes he was targeted because he's a trump supporter. we asked him what hes doing to keep this from jerry cook: ive installed high density cameras theyre 7/24. they cover the entire front of my house. my neighbors homes. so if it happens again their will be consequences. cook also filed a police report for the first situation involving his truck - it was initially classified as malicious destruction of property. but police say the case h been closed because there's no evidence to prove who did it or the intent. cook has installed surveillance cameras after the shootings - he says he hasnt had any issues since cook says he plans to file a second police report o

fox5's abby theodros talked with some of those gaming companies today... and tells us how they're trying to engage young people the global gaming expo brought out the flashy games and zombies - all meant to attract a specific crowd darion lowenstein: main target is 21-45 year olds millenials. theyre a top demographic of gamblit gaming says they dont really gamble 17-24 darion lowenstein, chief marketing officer gamblit: you go to vegas for night life, food, clubs and music but when it comes to gambling theres not much that i want to spend on. thats why providers and casinos at this years expo are thinking young 30-38 ben sutherland, game developer: the massive trend is that all of the casinos an looking at how to create new and compelling content for an audience who is used to ahving all the content they could want on their phone fox5 stopped by gamblit's booth and saw everything from skill based games to virtual reality zombie fighting. lowenstein: you have monsters coming at you from all angles and you have to try and fight them to wincash and pay outs.

but first we start with abby theodros on just a few short hours ago this building was packed with cheering fans and high ranking officials celebrating a major milestone for this project. an 11 member committee voted in favor of the stadium plan. which means itll go to the legislature next. but i want to break this down for you $750 million dollars will come from public fundingand that's financed by a hotel room tax, the adelson family will pay $650 million..which also includes infrastructure cost a raiders would contribute $500 million. it's a 65 thousand seat domed venue w a pricetag of 1.9 billion dollars. $750 million dollars will come from public fundingand that's financed by a hotel room tax, the adelson family will pay $650 million..which also includes infrastructure costs, and the raiders will contribute $500 million. i talked with a sands corp representative today and he tells me on top of the economic impact a local stadium would bring - hes looking forward to what this means for families in will resume shortly while there was a lot of cheering and excitement some people were relu

fox5's abby theodros is live at unlv where the meeting just wrapped up... we saw a lot of back and forth between stadium supporters and the oversight committee- mostly about how this stadium will be financed and who will profit from it the sands corp made their case for a $750 million dollar public contributi say locals have nothing to worry about - this money will be financed by tourists through a hotel room tax. financial analyst jeremy aguero went into detail about the tax. he says visitors would say a point 88 percent hike for hotels on the strip, point 5 percent hike for hoteks within 25 miles of the stadium and no tax for hotels outside of that radius. we talked to commissioner sisolak about it today...take a listen " the general public that lives here really won't be making any contributions out of the tourist corredor the tourist that are coming into town end of the day and there's a lot of benefit and you're talking about a significant number of jobs you increase room nights by bringing more tourists here so that's a big benefit" that was an interv

fox5's abby theodros talked with the victim's son who says the family is struggling to find closure. clay stampley junior says he just wants justice for his dad but after looking at the suspect's facebook page he doesnt think that'll come anytime soon qaadir amin fb video: "we out here in the bahamas...living man" this video was shared on qaadir amin's facebook page last week. it seems normal enough - except police say amin has been on the run since may. 11-15 clay stampley jr.: we still have no answers. all my family wants is answers. amin is a suspect in the hit and run crash that killed clay stampley's dad. stampley senior was on his way to work when the driver in this gmc yukon ran a red light and hit him so hard... he was thrown out of the truck. the suspect took off. clay stampley jr.: no time goes by, it still feels like it was yesterday stampley says his family monitors amin's social media accounts hoping to close this open case but its frustrated him more than anything else clay stampley jr.: it makes me very upset because he's able to travel, get on a plane, and stuff and i

fox5's abby theodros has the latest. jose sanchez: i didnt know what to say or what to think all i was praying for my daughter. jose sanchez's daughter - jessica is on life support. 0-4 js: they told us there isnt anything we can do. the family praying she'll hold on. they also have questions for her boyfriend. 17-19 js: it was dumb..what he was doing. police believe 19 year old raul espinoza was driving drunk. jessica was sitting in the passenger seat. jose sanchez: i can tell you i was upset and angry. just waiting for sanchez says the couple was driving to a cousin's house. espinoza was seen weaving in and out of traffic at a high speed when he hit a car near charleston and eastern, took off, then hit another car near maryland parkway. espinoza eventually stopped after slamming into a traffic pole. he walked away with out any serious injuries. nat sanchez says he trusted and liked espinoza because he helped jessica during a difficult time. sanchez: she was depressed for a while and when she met him she was happy again

fox 5's abby theodros joins us live in the newsroom. abby what did they find this weekend? the epa says they found high levels of mercury in that family's home and had them temporarily evacuate. we talked to some families who also had their items and homes tested...they just want things to get back to normal. (shuffles through bag) josh laen alright so these are my notebooks seventh grader josh langendorf is finally sorting through his things after last week's mercury scare. josh langendorf: my lunch box my shoes my pencils. a lot a lot of stuff. a lot a lot of stuff all of it quarentined until today. abby: you said you have almost everything, except? josh: my bag...my roller back pack. and i think they found traces of mercury on it because its a roller back pack, its on the ground. 80 bags were brought in for weekend, 60 homes were evaluated, one family asked to temporarily evacuate. nattis: its unclear where it was actually found because it was so high. so we cant pin point that so we're going to do another investigation. randy nattis with the epa couldnt tell us more abo

fox5s abby theodros spent the day looking into this situation and has more on how students are reacting and what police are saying about the situation thankfully - ccsd police are calling it a hoax but that doesn't mean students didn't get a good scare when they first got a friend request from a clown that kind of resembled the ones you're seeing here this is the profile picture students saw when they the request from "garbo the clown". but it gets worse- this actuallly targeted chapparal high school students. it reads "everyone that goes to chaparral high school in las vegas run!!! we're coming for you" we talked with a chapparal high school junior about the situation...take a listen marcus barrera: "i swiped it and thats when i actually looked at it. and it said "garbo the clown" and im like 'what is this?' so i just left it there. and the next thing you know im on face book and im seeing posts about school and im like 'what?' 'is this really happening?'" we talked with ccsd police about their investigation and they wouldnt tell us how they determined the account was a fake. they told

fox5's abby theodros talked to the property owner who says he's done everything to keep squatters out. she'll have the full report at 5. fire crews were sent to investigate a suspicious fire early this morning. they now say it was arson. north las vegas fire says it happened at a church on lola avenue...near the silver nugget casino. a reverand at the church tells fox5 she thinks it was vandalism. she says someone threw something with liquid at the door and through the window....and that may have caused the drapes to catch on fire. the fire caused about 10 thousand dollars in damages. attorney's for trying to get him out of a las vegas jail. "alexander montagu- manchester" has been behind bars for nearly three weeks. his attorneys are worried about his medical condition. they are asking for montagu- manchester's release as a medical necessity today. the duke was jailed for filing a fake police report that violated his terms of release from a burglary charge. he denies committing any crimes. samsung is officially recalling its "galaxy note seven" phone... after some customers complaine

fox 5's abby theodros talked with students who finished their credits... a week before the closures. im pretty sure it s right? not quite sure how to do it as long as its all uniform i dont think we'll have a problem. this group of graduates celebrated something they thought would never happen teresa rogers: i think we deserve it. we worked hard. i had to tolerate these same 8 people for the last 2 years (laughs) theyre members of itt techs last graduating class. and with the institute's abrupt closure this month - it's graduates were short changed too. mathew leroy, valedictorian: were not allowed to have our own graduation so we wanted to do something for ourselves two years worth of work, in one day. that moment of achievement. camera snap so this group of now electrical technicians - called their freinds and family to sunset park - to put on a graduation of their own. say yay daddy! bobbi eldredge, duanes mom: he's got a two year old that he had to go home and take care of after working all day and going to school all night. but he did it. bobbi eldred

fox5's abby theodros spoke with that mother today...and joins us in studio with her message. judy mckim says this all started when a friend called police saying there was a domestic disturbance inside her home. she says it was her 28 year old autistic son having an "episode." police came.. as this report shows... but what happened next is completely different, depending on which side you ask. judy mckim: i had to let the neighbors know, what goes on in this little house on the corner. judy mckim's message is loud my garage in an attempt to make sure my son was never treated by the police as the same way he was treated. nats her 28 year old son zach is severely autistic and dosent communicate well with others. 23-28 we're the little house where nobody comes out nobody goes in and there's weird noises from. mckim says that changed last week. judy mckim: a woman who had never seen an autistic rage called in domestic violence on my son - the police officers came, very gung-ho. her family didnt know what to think. judy mckim: there were three police officers on my sons bed w knees

fox5's abby theodros talked with the governor today about the latest developments in the stadium proposal she has more we dont have an official date for the special session but the governor says he's confident with the proposal that'll go before law makers next month. an oversight committee sent the proposal to the governor back in september. th cost $1.9 billion dollars. 650 million would come from adelson, the raiders would pay $500 million and 750 million from a hotel room tax. we talked with governor sandoval about the impacts of a hotel room tax increase...take a listen gov brian sandoval: gov sandoval:the money thats invested through the room tax will flow through the stadium and create sales tax and modified biz tax which will in turn will benefit education. just this morning- two new law makers joined the ranks of legislators tasked with considering funding for an nlf stadium. thats former democratic assemblywoman stephanie smith for district one and republican businessman kyle stephens is representing susan brager's district five. particularly when that special session will be sc

fox 5's abby theodros talked with students who finished their credits... a week before the closures. im pretty sure it was left to right, right? not quite sure how to do it as long as its all uniform i dont think 'l problem. this group of graduates celebrated something they thought would never happen 13-18 teresa rogers: i think we deserve it. we worked hard. i had to tolerate these same 8 people for the last 2 years (laughs) theyre members of itt techs last graduating class. and with the institutes's abrupt closure this month - it's graduates were short changed too. 28-38 mathew leroy, valedictorian: because the school closed we were not allowed to have our own graduation so we wanted to do something for ourselves two work, in one day. years worth of work, in one day. that moment of achievement. camera snap so this group of now electrical technicians - called their freinds and family to sunset park - to put on a graduation of their own. say yay daddy! 54-1:02 bobbi eldredge, duanes mom: he's got a two year old that he had to go home working all day and go

fox5's abby theodros spoke to the valley veteran about the incident...he says its not the first time its happened jerry cook tells me someone first shot at his truck...but take a look at this front window. exactly where he keeps his trump sign. make no mistake - jerry cook isnt shy about who he's voting for this november. jerry cook :i dont care what p eople say as far as im concerned the man is right on what should be done to this country he's talking about donald trump and says he's had these signs on his front window for the last few months. and up until a few weeks ago - he had no problems. i am flat out pissed off. its hard to tell in this picture but you're looking at the back window of cook's truck....and the shattered glass...left in pieces on the bed. even clearer - the damage done to his front window. jerry cook, vietnam vet: i happened to look over and see two shot holes were exactly where the veterans for trump sticker is. cook - a disabled vietam veteran - says hes stunned. the very freedom he fought for - compromised. jerry cook, vietnam vet: these idiots. i dont call t

fox5s abby theodros spent with students - she has this story nats fright dome video a lot of people would have the same reaction to the sight of a creepy clown - (marcus barerra: "i dont like clowns") so when chapparal high school junior marcus barrera got this friend request - it was unsettling to say the least 31-35 marcus barerra, chapparal junior: at first it was different to me, i was like i want to go home. garbo's only post was sent out on september 27th and it reads "everyone that goes to chaparral high school in las coming for you." marcus barerra, chapparal junior: when i read it i was like.. whats going on? i was so confused about it. i was texting my mom about it this isnt the first creepy clown run-in in the valley- yesterday- a fox5 viewer sent us this picture of a masked man at las vegas high. ccsd says theyve investigated and both cases are just bad jokes but that doesnt mean they didnt serve their purpose nat technically there are no regulations on freedom of speech so you're free to dress how you want so long as youre on public property but experts in the business of sca