A Saugus man was sentenced to over two decades behind bars for sexual crimes against children on Tuesday. Fred Recalde, 63, of Saugus, was sentenced to state prison on Tuesday on three counts of sexual crimes against children, according to Los Angeles County Court documents. Initially arrested in November 2018, Recalde was found guilty on three of five counts of ...

Opening statements began Wednesday in the trial against the mother of 10-year-old Anthony Avalos and her boyfriend in the torture and subsequent murder of the Lancaster boy. On Wednesday, the trial process began for Heather Maxine Barron, 33, and Kareem Ernesto Leiva, 37, who are charged in connection with Anthony’s murder in June 2018. Barron and Leiva have been charged ...

Former adult film star Ron Jeremy, 69, has been declared incompetent to stand trial in multiple sexual assault cases, including assaulting a 15 year old girl at a house party in Santa Clarita.  The case against Jeremy which included over 30 instances of sexual assault was suspended in March 2022 amid questions of his mental competence. It has been declared ...

The suspect who was arrested on attempted murder in connection to the Black N’ Blue  shooting Halloween morning pleaded not guilty to five felony counts last month.  Isaac Rashad Clark, 23, from Lancaster pled not guilty to one felony count each of attempted murder, assault with a semiautomatic firearm, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, unlawful possession of ...

Advanced Bionic LLC, a manufacturer of cochlear impact devices and based locally in Valencia, has agreed to pay more than $12 million to resolve allegations of false claims to federal healthcare programs. The $12 million settlement resolves allegations that Advanced Bionic made false claims regarding the results of its radio-frequency (RF) emissions test when applying for approval from the Food ...

Come Jan. 1, 2023, new laws are expected to take effect in California. Pay transparency (SB-1162) Senate Bill 1162 requires companies with 15 or more employees to include salary ranges in job postings. Ranges must also be provided to existing employees upon request. Under the law, companies are also required to provide the mean and hourly rate by race, ethnicity ...

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 ...