A Newhall man arrested for an attempted kidnapping in a Newhall home was sentenced to three years in state prison as part of a plea deal. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Yensi Aguilar, 22, of Newhall, also has to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, after pleading no contest ...

Adds sentence for defendant A Newhall man arrested for an attempted kidnapping in a Newhall home pleaded no contest to a child molestation charge, officials said Tuesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. (Yensi Aguilar, 22, of Newhall) pleaded no contest to attempted lewd acts with a child under 14,” said Ricardo Santiago, spokesman for ...

A therapist at a Santa Clarita Valley juvenile camp facing a child molestation charge is due back in court in March, officials said Thursday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Ana Patricia Moennich, 37, worked as a therapist at Camp Mendenhall, a probation camp in the Lake Hughes area, where the victim served a ...

A Santa Clarita Valley man is accused of sex crimes for allegedly soliciting and engaging in sexual conduct with a 15-year-old girl he met online, officials said Wednesday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Michael Anthony Byrne, 23, of Canyon Country, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon for five counts — meeting a minor for lewd behavior, ...

Corrects city of origin for suspect. A man arrested on a kidnapping charge in Canyon Country one day after he was arrested on a burglary charge was arraigned at Los Angeles Superior Court in San Fernando, officials said. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Guillermo Lomeli Ceniceros, 39, of Rosamond, was set to ...

Ed. note: This story has information that could lead one to identify of the victim. As a policy, KHTS AM-1220 wouldn’t identify the victim of a crime of a sexual nature, unless the individual asked to come forward. In this case, the victim understood the information being reported in the story, and it was discussed with the child’s parent. The mother ...

A former North Los Angeles County juvenile hall therapist pleaded not guilty Monday, after being ordered to stand trial for sexual misconduct with a 16-year-old boy, officials said. Ana Patricia Moennich, 37,  faces charges of one felony count each of contact with minor for sexual offense and oral copulation of a person under 18, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s ...

A Santa Clarita man who's a convicted sex offender could face life in prison if convicted on a child annoyance charge, officials said Thursday

Officials with the District Attorney’s Office dropped a child molestation-annoyance charge against a Legacy Christian Academy teacher Wednesday. Carl Astrera, 35, of Panorama City, was in court for a preliminary arraignment, where he was expected to file his plea to the charge, when Laura Knight Jackson, deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County moved to dismiss the charge. Astrera was arrested around noon Feb. 28 at the private Christian school on the 27600 Block of Dickason Drive in Valencia.

The principal of Legacy Christian Academy in Valencia offered a statement after a teacher was arrested on the Santa Clarita campus on Wednesday