Early in the morning on Friday, September 19th, Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff Station deputies received a call about a man through the streets naked in Valencia's Summit neighborhood. Upon arriving on the scene, deputies encountered the suspect, clad only in a towel, and quickly made the arrest. The story gets a little stranger from here, [...]
This week, the Santa Clarita Sheriff's Station deputies issued a warning to residents about a rise in crimes of opportunity due to the recent heat. Typically, when it gets warm, individuals tend to crack their car windows and leave the doors and/or windows of their home open, with only a screen in place. While this [...]
A 15-year-old Canyon Country boy was arrested for allegedly posting photographs of firearms, along with threats to shoot people, on Instagram. The threats were pointed at fellow Golden Valley high school students, though nobody specific was named. Shortly after the photos and threats were posted, the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station received a number of [...]
A 27-year-old woman was putting her child in her car in the Valencia Town Center parking lot outside of Macy's when a man in a white Chrysler minivan exposed himself to her. The victim quickly took out her phone and attempted to take a picture of the suspect, but he drove off too quickly. According [...]
A triple-digit temperature isn't the only heat bearing down on Santa Clarita this week. Tonight, Friday, July 25th, a DUI checkpoint is scheduled to be held someplace in the city from 6 p.m., to 2 a.m. Saturday, July 26th. The exact location has not been revealed, though deputies tend to conduct their checkpoints in areas [...]
An undercover investigation resulted in the arrest of Dr. Gerard Goyle and his assistant Wilfred Arvizo, of A Better Weigh weight loss clinic in Redondo Beach, an area in California's South Bay. After receiving a tip, local law enforcement began to look into the dealings of Dr. Goyle and his weight loss clinic. After learning [...]
Southern California is hot, dry, and prone to fires. When you add into the mix the use of illegal fireworks, it could end up being a recipe for disaster. As such, Santa Clarita Sheriff Station deputies have been raising awareness about the fact that fireworks are illegal in the SCV and to let residents know [...]
Last weekend, the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station deputies conducted two DUI checkpoints in the Santa Clarita Valley. As a matter of fact, I happened to drive right through one of them near Foster's Freeze while I was driving eastbound on Soledad Canyon Road. Deputies assigned to these DUI checkpoints look for signs of impaired [...]
There's a new phone scam targeting Santa Clarita residents, and it's been dubbed the "one-ring scam." While the name may make it sound like something straight out of the pages of a J.R.R. Tolkien novel, it's origins are, unfortunately, based in the real world. The scam is titled such because an auto-dialer will call a [...]
California Highway Patrol Most of the DUI checkpoints conducted in the Santa Clarita Valley and surrounding areas are generally held by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department. This time around, however, CHP officers from the Newhall area office will be conducting a DUI checkpoint in unincorporated Santa Clarita from 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 21st until 2:30 [...]
