Crime

Prosecutors drop cruelty case against ex-LASD sergeant

Prosecutors dismissed a case of alleged cruelty filed against a former sergeant of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, remaining tight-lipped about the reasons and circumstances behind the decision. David

Deputies on patrol make weekend drug arrests

Santa Clarita patrol deputies — one checking out a motorist, another stopping a suspected burglar — each ended up making drug arrests in two separate incidents on the weekend. Deputies

Fatal crash victim identified as Lancaster resident

  Officials with the county Coroner’s Office identified the man killed in Tuesday’s fiery fatal crash on San Francisquito Canyon Road as 28-year-old Bradley Smith, of Lancaster. Smith was pronounced