Crime

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Man gets community service in armed robbery 

A man charged with brandishing a gun at a loss-prevention officer who confronted him about stealing merchandise pleaded guilty to a pair of charges last week.  Judge David Stuart sentenced

One detained at gunpoint on Sandy Drive

A person was detained at gunpoint after deputies received a report of a person with a gun on the 18200 block of Sandy Drive on Sunday morning, according to the

Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, during a hearing Wednesday on the bill that would ban the usage of "derogatory" Native American terms as public school mascots. Screenshot.

Schiavo’s mascot bill hanging in ‘suspense’ 

The bill coauthored by Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chatsworth, and Assemblyman James Ramos, D-Highland, that would ban the usage of “derogatory” Native American terms as mascots or nicknames for K-12 public

Motorcycle pursuit ends in Saugus 

A motorcyclist was arrested after a Tuesday morning high-speed pursuit that originated in San Francisquito Canyon, north of Saugus, according to Officer Kendricks with the California Highway Patrol’s Traffic Management

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Major Crimes seeking bank-robbery suspect  

The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department’s Major Crimes Bureau is investigating a report of a bank robbery Friday at the California Bank & Trust in Acton, according to Palmdale Sheriff’s Station

Pictures of the evidence seized by deputies were posted to the station’s Facebook page after Christian Navarro's arrest. Courtesy

Ventura prosecutors charge Newhall man again 

Ventura County prosecutors once again filed sex crime charges against a Newhall man after he was twice convicted of crimes involving minors in L.A. County, receiving a suspended sentence for

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station on Golden Valley Road.

Deputies: Wanted man arrested following pursuit 

A 35-year-old man with an outstanding warrant who led sheriff’s deputies on a pursuit through Bouquet Canyon northeast of Santa Clarita on Sunday morning was eventually arrested on suspicion of

Missing cat garners community effort 

Gary Kassan from Bulldog Liquidators is requesting the public’s help in locating 15-week-old Milo, a gray and white kitten with tiger stripes and spotting, who was stolen from the establishment

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

Coroner IDs victim in Newhall shooting  

Medical examiners with the L.A. County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s office released the name of the man killed in a shooting Monday night in Newhall.  Fernando Bernabe, 31, of Newhall, died around