Canyon Country man accused of rape due back in court
A Canyon Country man accused of committing rape seven times while posing as a rideshare driver over a 15-month span had his case continued to November on Monday. Nicolas Morales,…
Los Angeles County Seal.
BOS greenlights creation of plan that would close Men’s Central Jail
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to create a plan to shut down the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles, but first, they required a detailed…
Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies work to keep a child from falling through a window screen on the second floor of an apartment building. Austin Dave/The Signal
Couple pleads to child abuse – mom gets 2 days jail, dad gets 436 days
Parents of a girl rescued after she was found pushing on a second-floor window screen in March pleaded no contest Wednesday to one felony count of child abuse and were…
Supervisors to authorize settlement in lawsuit claiming “battery” by SCV Sheriff deputies
County supervisors are expected to finalize a settlement reached in a lawsuit filed by a man who claimed he was beaten by local sheriff’s deputies on Christmas Eve in 2016.…
Pitchess Detention Center inmate David Luis Bustamonte. Courtesy image: LA County Sheriff's Department PIO Nicole Nishida
Supervisors seek answers on Pitchess inmate escape
County supervisors want to know how an inmate at the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic escaped from the jail this past weekend, and they want assurances it won’t happen again.…
Vandals get jail time for tagging park building
Of two vandals accused of tagging a park building with spray paint in July, one received a 45-day jail sentence, the other received three days’ jail time. The two men…
UPDATE: Man wrongly ID’d as dead now sought as missing
Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Missing Persons Unit are seeking the public’s help in locating a man who was wrongly identified as being dead this week by…
Case dismissed against former LASD officer accused of cruelty
After a jury failed to reach a decision last week in the case of alleged inmate cruelty filed against a former sworn officer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department,…
Jury acquits former LASD officer of cruelty, unable to decide fate of another
Jurors returned a verdict on their third day of deliberations Tuesday in the case of alleged inmate cruelty filed against two former sworn officers of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s…
A Los Angeles County Fire Department truck moves quickly to scene. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Man at jail suffers chemical burns, taken to hospital
A 46-year-old man was rushed to the hospital Monday morning with burns to 5 percent of his body after being exposed to an alkaline chemical in the laundry room at…
LASD car. Signal file photo.
Transient sentenced to jail in February for lewd behavior, arrested July 4 on outstanding warrants for suspected lewd behavior
A transient arrested four times in 18 months on suspicion of indecent exposure, who was sentenced In February to just under a year in county jail, was arrested on the…
Revamped jail means tailored treatment of inmates with mental health issues
County supervisors voted Tuesday to renovate county jails, approving $2.21 billion to build a new Men’s Central Jail, and $12 million to renovate the Pitchess Detention Center in Castaic. Citing…
Acton animal abusers sentenced; 5 years prison for one, 6 months jail for the other
Two Acton dog trainers accused of abusing more than two dozen dogs in their care were sentenced recently, one netting five years in prison, the other six months in jail.…
Law enforcement heads weigh in on recidivism
About 83 percent of inmates released back into the society were re-arrested at least once in the nine years that followed their release -- that’s the statistic an association of…
Deputy saves the life of a choking inmate, inmates applaud
A deputy saved the life of an inmate on the weekend — not from a fight, a stabbing, or some other violent act — but from choking on food at…
Man gets 2-day jail sentence for child porn charge
A former hobby store employee pleaded to a child pornography charge Tuesday in a Los Angeles County courtroom. Donald Anthony Little, 36, pleaded no contest to one felony county of…
Transient pair with more than $200,000 in outstanding warrants arrested
Deputies patrolling Newhall arrested two transients after learning they had more than $200,000 in outstanding warrants between them. “Patrol deputies made contact with two transients on Railroad Avenue in…
James "Kenny" Fusca smiles as Cary Quashen promises him a job if he remains sober for a year. Fusca said, after his three-month stint in jail, that he wants to spend his life helping people. Katharine Lotze/The Signal
Subject of Signal heroin series arrested on misdemeanor drug charge
The young man at the center of a series published by The Signal about the rehabilitation of a heroin addict was arrested recently on a drug-related charge. James Kenneth Fusca,…
The Santa Clarita Courthouse. KATHARINE LOTZE/Signal.
UPDATE: Convicted Newhall restaurant owner sentenced to 90 days in jail
A Newhall restaurateur found guilty Friday of two counts of simple battery and two counts of sexual battery on a former employee was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days in…
Newhall man sentenced to 360 days for lewd conduct
A man arrested for indecent exposure four times in 18 months was sentenced Tuesday to just under a year in county jail, after pleading no contest to the latest…
