Crime

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Murder trial pushed back to next year 

The attorney for a man charged with the violent murder of a California Institute of the Arts student in her Newhall apartment last year is now asking the judge for

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Fatal DUI trial set for December 

A Wasco cook charged with gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in a fatal Interstate 5 crash is now expected to face trial in December, based on a schedule laid out

CHP: Suspect taken into custody for outstanding warrants 

A 30-year-old man was taken into custody for multiple federal warrants after being stopped on Calgrove Boulevard in Newhall, according to Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, public information officer for the California Highway Patrol Newhall-area Office. 

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Evacuations lead to burglary, weapons charges 

A Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputy evacuating homes in Gorman during the recent Ridge Fire ended up starting an investigation into allegations of drugs, weapons and burglary.  The station’s

Los Angeles County Fire department officials and law enforcement personnel responded to an unidentified incident where 17 patients were identified as needing medical attention at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Chris Torres/The Signal

DOJ recommends 70 months for deputy smuggler 

A federal judge has granted a fifth continuance for a former deputy drug smuggler from the Pitchess Detention Center awaiting sentencing for his guilty plea.   Michael Meiser abused the public’s trust, bragging

Sheriff's deputies investigate the scene where a person was killed in a shooting Monday night near the intersection of Newhall Avenue and Lyons Avenue. Staff photo

Newhall murder trial moved to next month 

The trial dates have shifted yet again for the two men charged in a shooting death that happened June 17, 2024, outside Valencia Liquor in Newhall.  Omar Garcia Ramirez and

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Man convicted of murder in DUI crash 

A jury Friday convicted a Canyon Country man of murder in the Nov. 1, 2023, DUI crash that killed Orlando Gomez Salas, 39.  Prosecutors charged Raul Rosalezs Ramirez with murder

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Man convicted of sharing nudes with church 

After two days of deliberation, a Santa Clarita Valley jury Monday convicted a man of violating the state’s “revenge porn” law for sharing nude photos of his now ex-wife with

A portrait of Joshua Trujillo. Courtesy of GoFundMe.

No charges in fatal shooting at Sports Complex 

A detective with the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau confirmed this week that no arrests have been made and no charges are expected to be filed in the fatal May 30 shooting outside the Santa

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Former CHP officer takes plea deal 

The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office reached a plea deal this week with a former California Highway Patrol officer from Castaic accused of criminal threats, illegal possession of an assault

Target thief gets 3 years 

A Santa Clarita Valley woman accused of serial theft pleaded no contest Friday in connection with a robbery charge, receiving what the judge referred to as the “mid-range” sentence for