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Small plane crashes into building at Van Nuys airport, man arrested for allegedly attempting to steal it

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Julie Sharp
Web Producer, CBS Los Angeles
Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, contributed to the Palos Verdes Pulse and worked as a video journalist for CBS News before joining the CBS News Los Angeles website team.
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A 37-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attempting to steal an airplane at the Van Nuys Airport on Thursday.

The small Cessna aircraft partially crashed into an adjacent hangar at the airport around 4 a.m.

LAX Police Department officers responded and took Ceffeareno Michael Logan into custody for burglary and theft of an aircraft.

Both the FBI and LAXPD are investigating the incident. 

This is a developing story. 

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Crews investigate damage to a building at Van Nuys Airport after a Cessna crashed into it. CBS LA

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