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Deputies Search For Four Possible Motorcycle Gang Suspects In Saugus Assault

crime arrest -- 4 Sheriff SUVs parked in a cluster at a Newhall street corner. Overlaid "Crime" written in red capital letters with a KHTS Logo

Deputies with Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station are searching for four suspects in an assault with a deadly weapon incident in Saugus Saturday.  At around 11 a.m. Saturday, deputies received reports of an assault with a deadly weapon involving a knife and brass knuckles on Trinity Place in Saugus, according to Sergeant Bangston with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.   ...

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Santa Clarita Man Killed In Beverly Crest Shooting

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A Santa Clarita man has been identified as the person killed in a Beverly Crest shooting early Wednesday morning, officials said. Deshone Lucas, 44, died at the scene of the shooting in Beverly Crest, according to a watch commander the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers responded to the 2200 block of San Ysidro ...

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Two Suspected Juvenile Gang Members Arrested In Newhall

Two juveniles and one adult suspected of being gang members were arrested in Newhall Monday after detectives found a loaded firearm and gang graffiti nearby, officials said. The COBRA (Career Offenders Burglary Robbery Apprehension) Unit at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station, along with a probation officer from Los Angeles County, conducted a juvenile criminal suppression detail on Monday. “The ...

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Gang Members Arrested For Smuggling Narcotics Into Pitchess Detention Center In Castaic

Multiple reported gang members were arrested this week by federal authorities on various charges, including allegedly smuggling methamphetamine and heroin inside plastic straws into Pitchess Detention Center. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The 12 arrested Tuesday and Wednesday are among 17 defendants named in a series of indictments returned by a ...

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Hit And Run Between Suspected Two Gang Members Sends One To The Hospital

A Santa Clarita couple who runs a home for “dependent adults” is accused of harming one of those clients, Sheriff’s Station officials said Friday.

An intentional hit and run in Newhall involving two suspected gang members sent one man to the hospital Monday, said officials. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The incident happened at about 12:45 p.m, after paramedics were dispatched to Railroad Avenue near 15th Street for reports of a pedestrian hit by a ...

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Santa Clarita Deputies Arrest Juvenile After Another Shooting In Newhall

This mobile home park in Newhall was the scene of what's suspected to be a gang-related shooting July 6. Railroad Avenue sits on the other side of the fence. Photo by Marilyn Chavez | KHTS News

Santa Clarita deputies arrested a teen for assault with a deadly weapon Monday night, after he allegedly pulled a gun on someone during an altercation, officials said. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Monday’s incident is the latest of several being handled by the station’s COBRA team, which investigates burglaries, robberies and ...

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Detectives Investigating Gang-Related Shooting In Newhall

Canyon Country Burglary Results In Four Arrests, Recovery Of $2000 Worth Of Ugg Boots

A confrontation that erupted into gunfire Thursday night is being investigated as a gang-related shooting, detectives said Friday. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. Shortly before midnight, a suspected gang member approached another suspected gang member and the two exchanged words, on the 24000 block of Railroad Avenue. At some point, the ...

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SCV Anti-Gang Unit Investigates Newhall Shooting

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Sheriff’s officials are investigating a shooting Tuesday in Newhall, where a suspected gang member was shot after a confrontation. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking KHTS Santa Clarita News Alerts delivered right to your inbox. The confrontation reportedly occurred outside the victim’s residence on the 25000 block of Walnut Street around 10:30 p.m. A vehicle drove by the residence several times, and then ...

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Sheriff’s Crime Reports Include Burglary, Gang Activity

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies are investigating a pair of armed robberies reported Thursday night in Canyon Country

Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station officials have released the crime reports for the week of Nov. 3-9. A Target employee arrested Friday at the Golden Valley store in Santa Clarita is accused of taking photos of a woman in the store’s changing room, officials said. A man arrested on a kidnapping charge in Canyon Country one day after he was arrested ...

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Armenian Power Gang Leader From Valencia Sentenced

A Santa Clarita Valley juvenile camp therapist pleaded no contest to felony child abuse, officials said Friday. Ana Patricia Moennich, 37, worked as a therapist at Camp Mendenhall, a probation camp in the Lake Hughes area, where the victim served a juvenile sentence, said Deputy District Attorney Seth Carmack.

A Valencia man and leader of the Armenian Power gang was convicted of 57 counts for his role in racketeering conspiracy that included extortion, bank fraud and a sophisticated credit and debit card skimming scheme. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to your inbox. Mher Darbinyan, 39, of Valencia, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge R. ...

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