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Santa Clarita Detectives Make 3 Drug Arrests In ‘Nightlife’ Operation

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station J-Team, or Juvenile Intervention Team, deputies netted three drug arrests Friday night in Saugus for the first of several planned operations to crack down on narcotics in the Santa Clarita Valley nightlife scene, officials announced Monday.


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Sheriff’s Station officials arrested Nicholas Cooney, 27, of Saugus; Jason Wood, 28, of Newhall; and Nikita Monkhouse, 26, of Canyon Country, were arrested on the 22900 block of Soledad Canyon Road, after a multi-team operation aimed at illegal drugs.

“This operation, which was organized by our J-Team, was the result of a coordinated effort from several different special teams within the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station,” said Deputy Josh Dubin of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.  “This operation is part of an ongoing effort aimed specifically at combating the use of illegal narcotics in the Santa Clarita Valley.”

The J-Team usually focuses on juvenile and young adult-related crimes, as well as drug-related offenses.

The operation involved undercover and uniformed deputies who have been investigating the area behind Mabel’s Roadhouse to the other end of the Saugus strip mall, where there’s a Schooners Patio Grille.

Businesses in the area have been cooperative and supportive of this type of law enforcement, Sheriff’s Station officials said.

Cooney is accused of trying to sell powder cocaine, and Wood and Monkhouse are accused of trying to purchase the drug in the parking lot areas.

Cooney was arrested in Saugus near the bars around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, officials said. The other two suspects were arrested around the same time.

All three were held in lieu of $30,000 bail.

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station’s J-Team has garnered awards for it’s community-based policing.

The J-Team accomplishes its goals with an innovative three part-approach that includes: enforcement, diversion and education.

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Santa Clarita Detectives Make 3 Drug Arrests In ‘Nightlife’ Operation

3 comments

  1. Why don’t you guys arrest a real drug dealer? These people who you arrested are young adults who were born and grew up in Santa clarita vally. You guys are a joke!

    • Too bad you guys didn’t bust Obama when he was buying and using cocaine

      • Do you have proof or are you related to Donald Trump? If he did, he wouldn’t be the first. Don’t talk about something you cant prove. Talk about Weapons of mass destruction how Bush started 2 wars, simultaneously and it was his families fued all about OIL. Shock & Awe Gas prices.

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Perry Smith is a print and broadcast journalist who has won several awards for his focused, hyperlocal community coverage in several different regions of the country. In addition to five years of experience covering the Santa Clarita Valley, Smith, a San Fernando Valley native, has worked in newspapers and news websites in Los Angeles, the Northwest, the Central Valley and the South, before coming to KHTS in 2012. To contact Smith, email him at Perry@hometownstation.com.