Weekend wrap: Here are the biggest Arizona news stories from Feb. 20-22
From a missing Avondale girl found safe to criminal damage at an ICE facility in Surprise, here are some of the top Arizona news stories from Feb. 20-22.
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PHOENIX — From a missing Avondale girl found safe to criminal damage at an ICE facility in Arizona, here are some of the top Arizona news stories from Feb. 20-22.
Missing 3-year-old Avondale girl found safe at Phoenix gas station, suspect arrested
A missing 3-year-old Avondale girl was found safe at a Phoenix gas station on Sunday, while the woman accused of taking her was arrested.
Kehlani Rogers, 3, was located at the QuikTrip near 27th Avenue and Thomas Road, a QuikTrip employee confirmed to KTAR News 92.3.
Police took 23-year-old Marina Noriega into custody, and she will be booked into jail, according to the Avondale Police Department.
Following a search that spanned through Saturday night and into Sunday morning, a member of the community reported a possible sighting of Rogers and Noriega near 27th Avenue and Indian School Road, and the Phoenix Police Department subsequently responded and located the pair.
Authorities said Rogers is in good health and do not believe she was harmed.
Missing Tempe man, Michael Bayne, found dead after intense search
A missing Tempe man was found dead Friday, according to authorities.
The Tempe Police Department found the body of Michal Bayne in Mesa after an intense police search and investigation.
Mesa police responded to the scene and the investigation into Bayne’s death had been turned over to them, police said.
“Our thoughts are with Michael’s family and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time,” police said in a press release Friday. “We understand how deeply this ongoing search has affected the community, and we ask for continued patience and compassion as the investigation moves forward.”
12News reported Bayne was last seen on the night of Feb. 15, going out with friends. He called out of work sick at 7 a.m. the next morning and Ring camera footage showed him leaving his apartment two hours later. But it did not show him returning.
Bayne did not show up for work on Feb. 17 and his boss called his sister, Brittany Bayne. She called Michael and got no answer, so she went to his apartment, where his car was gone and no one answered the door. So, the landlord let her in and she found his wallet and medication, but his ID and debit card were taken.
That’s when Brittany filed a missing persons report and detectives tracked his phone and car to a location. Upon arrival, neither his car or phone was there.
Report: Kelly Yu, West Valley restaurant owner, released after ICE detainment in Eloy
Kelly Yu, a West Valley sushi restaurant owner, was released from custody in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainment facility in Eloy, according to a Fox 10 News report.
Ellen McNamara of Fox 10 News said Friday that Yu was let go and reunited with her family after being held by ICE since May 2025.
Yu’s attorneys reportedly filed a habeas corpus petition, which alleges the government is unlawfully detaining a person, and a judge agreed. This signaled her release.
However, McNamara added Yu “has to wear an ankle monitor, can’t travel more than 75 miles and will continue to check in with the courts.”
The owner of two Kawaii Sushi locations in Peoria and Glendale has an American husband, Aldo, and daughter named Zita.
“I hope that (someone) can help me in the future that can change my status in the United States,” Yu told Fox 10 News. “We crossed the border. We didn’t do anything wrong in the country. We just want to have a better life, pay our taxes.”
The undocumented immigrant, who fled China more than 20 years ago, had sought asylum in the United States and was denied while pregnant with her daughter. She was detained on May 28, 2025, at a monthly immigration meeting and faced deportation.
12News reporter Sean Rice told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Outspoken with Bruce and Gaydos last July that Yu had been to “multiple of these meetings in previous months and she was not detained.”
A slew of Arizona Democratic lawmakers, including U.S. Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, jointly penned a letter to President Donald Trump last September calling for her release.
Loop 101/Loop 202 interchange in Chandler to be closed 2 weeks for construction
Drivers who depend on the Loop 101/Loop 202 interchange in the East Valley will need to follow a detour beginning Friday, as it will be closed two weeks in Chandler for repairs due to an ongoing widening project.
The Arizona Department of Transportation announced Thursday the southbound Loop 101 Price Freeway ramp to eastbound Loop 202 Santan Freeway will be off limits at 10 p.m. Friday.
Work is being done to both repair and place pavement, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
Those traveling on the southbound Loop 101 are advised to exit onto southbound Price Road before continuing onto eastbound Loop 202, or to exit at Chandler Boulevard and head east prior to using southbound Dobson Road to get onto the Loop 202.
FBI investigating criminal damage to ICE facility in West Valley
The FBI is investigating criminal damage to a building owned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Surprise.
The Surprise Police Department responded to reported damage at the 418,000-square-foot warehouse at 13290 W. Sweetwater Ave., near Dysart and Thunderbird roads, around 1:30 a.m.
FBI Phoenix special agents later arrived at the scene and found a broken window and signs of a fire, authorities said.
The proposed ICE facility where a warehouse will be turned into a processing and detention facility for ICE with room for 1,500 detainees has been met with a plethora of public scrutiny.
Top Democrats sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week after ICE purchased the property for $70 million without warning.
The planned ICE detention center is located 300 yards from residential homes, and about a mile from a high school with a student population that is more than 60% Hispanic.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes was among the individuals who sent the letter, and the Democrat floated the idea of attempting to have the court declare the site a public nuisance.
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