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Community involvement is important to everyone, and that’s why we at SCV Bail Bonds decided to sponsor the Bad News Bears of the Palmdale Little League. Children’s sports organizations, whether local or national, provide a fun and engaging environment where kids can interact with their peers, learn to work as a team, foster leadership qualities…

Recently, the LAPD has been cracking down on the misuse of parking placards. According to officers, police have confiscated over 500 illegal handicapped parking placards from motorists in the past 7-months. Some of the placards have been made of paper, while others have been obvious fakes or from out-of-state. Some of the placards police collected…

It’s time for the County of Los Angeles Cinco De Mayo 2016 celebration! For those who aren’t aware, Cinco de Mayo means the 5th of May, and it marks the date that Americans like to commemorate Mexico’s defeat of the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5th, 1862. Often, people here in the US…

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and Wednesday, April 27th is Denim Day at the Santa Clarita Domestic Violence Center. Denim Day is a day when women the world over are obliged to wear denim jeans in support of victims of domestic violence. Denim Day was started by the organization Peace Over Violence as a reaction to…

As many of you are well-aware, Proposition 47 was passed in November of 2014 with the intention of provided much needed relief to California’s dangerously overcrowded prison system. Under the proposition, several commonly-committed, yet nonviolent felonies were reduced to misdemeanors with penalties that included less time behind bars. In needing to house fewer criminals, the…

Cities across the county are taking measures to help curb the rising crime rates across Los Angeles. While the San Fernando Valley has enlisted the help of volunteer patrols to be the eyes and ears of the LAPD, Manhattan Beach amps up deterrence with the installation of license-plate reading cameras. This fall, 7 license-plate reading…

An unfortunate turn of events on Tuesday started with a man being caught with his pants down and ended with identity theft charges. According to police, a man was observed urinating near a bridge at the intersection of Bouquet Canyon Road and Valencia Boulevard in Santa Clarita. Deputies conducted a patrol check which included a…

Earlier this week, a Santa Clarita business owner reported that he was the target of a phone scam. The victim’s report describes receiving a call from someone claiming to be from Southern California Edison who told the victim that, if he did not immediately pay the past due amount on his account, power would be…

Ah, St. Patrick’s Day weekend, a time of year as famous for its green beer as it is for its DUI arrests. St. Patrick’s Day fell on a Thursday this year, and there were many events to be enjoyed. When St. Patty’s falls on a weekday, the festivities usually continue through the weekend; and this year is…

A 20-year-old human trafficking victim was recently rescued by LASD deputies after her disappearance on Feb. 26. The rescue resulted in the subsequent arrests of Rico Clayton, Chad Miller and Monique Butler. According to reports, Butler invited the victim to her birthday party on February 26, in Palmdale. When the victim arrived, she was assaulted…

In late February, the body of Maximiliano Bernal, 21, was discovered in a Sand Canyon ravine in Canyon Country and quickly deemed a homicide. The suspect, David Aladana, who is also 21, turned himself in to authorities at the US Borders and Customs Office in San Ysidro on February 24. One week later, after leading investigators…

The LAPD is seeking the public’s assistance in their search for a man suspected of sexually assaulting a a 70-year-old woman in Northridge. The alleged crime is reported to have occurred on February 2nd at 10:30 p.m. in the Sherwood Forest neighborhood of Northridge. The details of the crime are only that the man dragged…

Apparently, nothing is off-limits to a scammer. Erwin Mena has, for years, provided the services of a Catholic priest to parishioners of the St. Bernard Catholic Church in Glassell Park and the St. Ignatius og Loyola Catholic Church in Highland Park. Unbeknownst to those he scammed, he was not an ordained priest nor was he…

It isn’t uncommon to hear about NFL players committing crimes, after all, they play on the biggest stage in the country and people are generally interested. When college players commit crimes, though, it can sometimes fly under the radar. Once such instance recently occurred this month when we saw two former college football stars charged with…

New York State Senator Michael Gianaris recently spoke out against the state’s bail system. His argument is that the bail system as it currently stands is biased against the poor because they’re often unable to pay bail, thus remaining incarcerated as they await their trial. The rich, on the other hand, are able to bail…

At the end of every year, crime statistics are released for the City of Los Angeles. For years, these statistics have shown a steady decrease in crime across the board, with a few spikes here and there in certain areas. This year, though, the statistics showed a 20% increase in violent crimes, sparking fears among…

On New Year’s Day, firefighters in Santa Clarita received a call about a brush fire located in Placerita Canyon, near Sand Canyon Road in Canyon Country. When they arrived, firefighters didn’t see any signs of a fire, but when they went to investigate, they discovered a large marijuana growing operation. Investigators reported that people were…

On Christmas Eve, 2-year-old Lucia Perry was visiting her father near The Grove in the Fairfax District when she was allegedly abducted by the man. Now, LAPD detectives are seeking the public’s help in locating the girl and her father (who does not have custody). The visit was initially supervised, though the person in charge…

A large group of police officers from different departments are banding together to hold a 17-day DUI crackdown across Los Angeles County, starting from the weekend before Christmas and continuing through New Years Weekend. The crackdown will consist of 38 separate checkpoints and 54 saturation patrols which will be dispatched in high-risk areas in an…

With Christmas shopping in full-swing, now might be an important time to highlight a crime that tends to spike around this time of year: the crime of check fraud. While retail establishments in Santa Clarita such as the Valencia Town Center and other merchants are increasingly turning away from personal checks in favor of cash…