A man accused of causing a 2017 fatal 14 Freeway crash while allegedly driving under the influence returned to court Monday, officials said. On Aug. 13, 2017, Joe Lopez, 25, of Little Rock, allegedly struck a parked car while driving on the 14 Freeway near Soledad Canyon Road, resulting in the death of Sam Edinburgh, 60. Edinburgh was parked on ...

A husband accused of the attempted murder of his wife returned to court Friday for several charges, including mayhem and child abuse, in a case that detectives called “one of the worst domestic violence assaults they have seen.” David Charles, 58, of Canyon Country, is charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count each of: injuring a spouse; ...

A Saugus man pled not guilty on New Year’s Eve to charges of lewd acts upon a child that stems from an incident at the Westfield Valencia Town Center in late December. Andres Madrigal, 69, of Saugus, is charged with one felony count of a “lewd and lascivious act upon and with the body and certain parts of … a ...

A Saugus man was sentenced last month for being part of a multi-state drug trafficking organization, officials said. On Dec. 30, Joel Travis Hills-Garcia was sentenced to five to 10 years in prison for multiple charges, including manufacturing or delivering a controlled substance, said Kate Delano, spokesperson for the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office. Hills-Garcia was among five arrested Jan. ...

The rapper “Blueface” pleaded no contest Friday to charges in connection with a Newhall shooting in 2018, officials said Monday. Jonathan Porter, also known by his rap pseudonym Blueface, pled no contest on Dec. 27 to one misdemeanor count of carrying a loaded firearm on one’s person or in a vehicle, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles ...

A Santa Clarita Girl Scouts treasurer was sentenced Friday to one year in jail and five years of formal probation for embezzling more than $93,000 from the Girl Scouts and a local cancer center over a four-year period, officials said. Patricia Cascione, 52, of Santa Clarita, pled no contest to one felony count of embezzlement by a public or private ...

A Santa Clarita Girl Scouts treasurer pled no contest to embezzling over $90,000, and now faces up to a year in county jail, officials said. Patricia Cascione, 52, of Santa Clarita, pled no contest to one felony count of embezzlement by a public or private officer, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.  She ...

A Newhall man with the legal name Sexy Vegan returned to court Tuesday after being arrested on charges of sexually assaulting his dog and posting the video on social media, officials said.  Sexy Vegan, born Hansel DeBartolo III, 37, is charged with one misdemeanor count each of sexual assault on an animal and posting obscene matter, according to Ricardo Santiago ...

A 21-year-old DUI suspect who was arrested in February after he allegedly failed to stop at a red light and caused a fatal Canyon Country crash returned to court last week, only to have his case delayed. Joshua David Austin, of Santa Clarita, is charged with one felony count each of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under the influence ...

A Newhall robbery suspect pled no contest Tuesday for a hold-up of a massage parlor in June, officials said. Louie Gonzalez, 22, of Santa Clarita, was sentenced to two years in state prison for one count of second-degree robbery, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angles County District Attorney’s Office. On June 27, deputies from the Santa Clarita ...