A former Santa Clarita resident was charged Tuesday in an 11-count federal grand jury indictment alleging that — months after his release from state prison after being convicted of child sex offenses — he produced child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and used online chat programs to entice two minors into prostitution.  Kai Whitney Sommers, 36, of Ventura and formerly from ...

A Redlands woman who survived the fatal DUI crash that killed her three passengers in Castaic last week, including two underage teens, has been charged with multiple counts of manslaughter. Taylor Shani Roberson, 19, of Redlands, has been charged with three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, among other charges, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. ...

A man who killed a Newhall resident in a fatal 5 Freeway crash Sunday morning pled not guilty to two felonies in court. Gary Palma Sanchez, 30, from Simi Valley, appeared in court Wednesday and was charged with one count of felony DUI causing injury and gross vehicular manslaughter, according to Court documents.   Enhancements were also filed against Palma Sanchez ...

A former Moorpark High School teacher is being sued after making racial remarks to a fruit vendor in 2023 in Newhall. Gnel Frankian, the defendant, threatened and verbally abused Plaintiff Sergio Medina in September 2023 with a rant full of racially charged and anti-immigrant language.  Now, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, ...

A Tarzana man was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison  Monday related to distributing fentanyl-laced fake Percocet pills that resulted in the deaths of two Santa Clarita teens. Dominick Alvarado was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and was also ordered to pay restitution of $41,271, the U.S. Attorney’s Office confirmed to City News Service. Alvarado was arrested ...

Two people were arrested in connection with the kidnapping and torture of a woman at a location in Val Verde last month. Margaret Alexandria Harrison, 42, of Burbank, and Justin Steven Montoya, 24, of Val Verde,  were arrested earlier this month on a slew of charges, including aggravated mayhem, torture, kidnapping, assault with a firearm, and criminal threats. Harrison was ...

A model who allegedly crashed her car and then fought law enforcement in an assumed DUI crash in October was held to answer and is set to be arraigned later this month. Emily Danielle Miller, 24, faces charges of multiple alleged crimes in connection to her Sunday, Oct. 29 arrest, including: One count of resisting executive officer; one count of ...

Criminal proceedings have been suspended for a Canyon Country burglar to determine if he is mentally competent to stand trial after he allegedly awoke a sleeping woman by covering her mouth last month. Leonard Grim III, 36, from Canyon Country appeared in court Monday and had his burglary case suspended, said Venusse Dunn, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County ...

A Canyon Country man who was arrested for allegedly raping his 16-year-old stepdaughter had all charges dropped, according to officials. Last Wednesday, a Canyon Country man was arrested for allegedly raping his then-16-year-old stepdaughter two years ago, according to Sgt. Joseph Mesa, with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau. However, when the Sex Crimes Division was presented with ...

A Canyon Country burglar who allegedly awoke a sleeping woman by covering her mouth last week pled not guilty Tuesday. Leonard Grim III, 36, from Canyon Country appeared in court Tuesday and pled not guilty to assault to commit a felony during the commission of a first-degree burglary, said Venusse Dunn, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s ...