A Santa Clarita resident who invested in real estate and sold “coupon bonds” that promised regular interest payments on top of principal repayment was sentenced Monday to nearly 6 ½ years in federal prison for defrauding investors out of more than $1.7 million. Matthew Skinner, 45, was sentenced to 77 months in prison by United States District Judge Percy Anderson, ...

A mother was held to answer to manslaughter charges Wednesday after her 6-year-old daughter died from falling out of a car and landing on the 5 Freeway near the Newhall Pass earlier this year. Veronda R Jones Gladney, 28, from Lancaster, the young girl’s mother, was charged with two felonies and one misdemeanor including manslaughter, and was held to answer ...

A Canyon Country father who allegedly killed his 2-month-old daughter in September of 2021, entered not guilty pleas to two felony charges last week. Marcel James Taylor, 26, from Canyon Country, entered not guilty pleas for assault on a child and murder during a court hearing Wednesday, said Matthew Krasnowski, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. ...

A Sherman Oaks woman was sentenced Friday to 6 years in prison for conspiring to defraud health insurance companies by submitting millions of dollars in fraudulent claims to provide “free” cosmetic procedures, including Botox injections, and for cheating on her taxes. Roshanak Khadem, 55, a.k.a. “Roxanne Khadem,” a.k.a. “Roxy Khadem,” of Sherman Oaks, was sentenced to 72 months by United ...

During the preliminary hearing for the death of his 2-month old daughter, Canyon Country man Marcel James Taylor is being held to answer in court in October.  Taylor, 26, from Canyon Country, pleaded not guilty for assault on a child, and murder in November of last year. Taylor faces one count of felony assault on a child and murder. During ...

Five more lawsuits have been filed against the Los Angeles Dodgers for alleged acts of violence by security personnel in 2021 and 2022. Some of the claims filed against the Dodgers security include assault, battery, false imprisonment, false arrest, violation of civil rights and emotional distress, according to officials with the diDonato Law Center. Security guards cannot be permitted to ...

A Valencia man who sexually assaulted multiple children was sentenced to several years behind bars and subsequent probation in Maine Thursday.  Avery Miller, 28, from Valencia, was sentenced to seven years behind bars and 12 years of probation, after being found guilty on six of eight sexual assault charges, according to officials with the Androscoggin Unified Criminal Court in Maine.  ...

A mother pled not guilty to manslaughter Wednesday after a 7-year-old girl died from falling out of a car and landing on the 5 Freeway near the Newhall Pass last weekend. Veronda Gladney, 28, from Lancaster, the young girl’s mother, was charged with two felonies and one misdemeanor, and Michael Branch, 39, from Hawthorne, was charged with a single misdemeanor, ...

A Santa Clarita man was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in the strangling  death of his boyfriend.  On Wednesday Christian Ortiz, was sentenced to three years in prison for involuntary manslaughter for strangling Brayan “Brian” Rodriguez, 20, and hiding his body at a Valencia home in September 2017, according to Greg Risling, spokesperson for the ...

A man who led officers on a high-speed pursuit through Santa Clarita, and allegedly intentionally hit two California Highway Patrol, (CHP) personnel last month has been charged with over 10 felonies.  Cheyne Watkins, 32, from Santa Barbara, was charged with 13 felonies after leading CHP officers on a high-speed pursuit on Thursday, May 26, said Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the ...