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Man pleads no contest to drug charge  

A San Fernando man whose home was raided by deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department Narcotics Bureau pleaded no contest Thursday to a felony count of drug possession.  The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged 31-year-old Juan Chaidez with three counts related to a narcotics bust, the results of which were

Pursuit from Baldwin Park ends in Saugus 

A pursuit from Baldwin Park ended near the intersection of Copper Hill Drive and Haskell Canyon Road in Saugus Wednesday morning, according to Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita

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MS-13 ‘shot-caller’ gets life for murders 

The Department of Justice reported Tuesday a “ranking member of a San Fernando Valley-based wing of the transnational criminal organization Mara Salvatrucha 13” was sentenced to life in prison for

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Man denied bail for weapons, burglary charges 

A Saugus man facing narcotics and weapons charges was denied bail at a recent hearing at the San Fernando Courthouse.  Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies arrested Andre Michael Tabnak,

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Murder suspect awaits preliminary hearing 

A Newhall man charged with two counts of murder in a shooting on DeWolfe Road after a Halloween party last year is likely to have a preliminary hearing early next

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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