The suspect wanted in the murder of a College of the Canyons student in May has been arrested by officers with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). On Aug. 28, Grigor Hovsepyan, 23, was arrested in connection with the murder of Gavin Orozco-Unzueta, a 19-year-old COC student. Around 12:55 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, LAPD officers responded to the 17500 block ...

Wednesday, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy alleging that he used excessive force when he assaulted and pepper-sprayed a woman during a shoplifting investigation outside a WinCo Foods in Lancaster last year. Trevor James Kirk, 31, of Santa Clarita, is charged in a single-count indictment with deprivation of rights under color ...

Residents in Sand Canyon were surprised by law enforcement activity early Wednesday morning as a Canyon Country couple was arrested for their part in a multi-million dollar crime tourism ring. Wednesday morning, law enforcement arrested six defendants charged in a 46-count indictment, alleging that a Santa Clarita Valley man facilitated a crime tourism group of South Americans and other individuals ...

A Canyon Country man is one of four ex-law enforcement and ex-military men charged in an extortion scheme wherein the team took part in an illegal raid on a victim’s home for the purpose of forcing him to sign away rights to his business. Four ex-law enforcement and military officers are scheduled to be arraigned Monday on a four-count superseding ...

On Tuesday, the legal team for 17 patients, including four minors, held a news conference about the claims against Dr. Nicholas Vanderhyde and The Joint Chiropractic facility in Valencia. The lawsuit stems from the May 8 discovery of at least one camera connected to a power bank taped inside a cabinet directly across from the toilet at The Joint Chiropractic, ...

A woman has filed a class action lawsuit after a Valencia chiropractic office employee found a hidden camera secretly recording in the bathroom earlier this year. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of former Joint Chiropractic patients in Los Angeles Superior Court last week, names Fenton Chiropractic Corp. of America, the Joint Chiropractic Management Co. and chiropractor Nicholas Vanderhyde as defendants. ...

A Park City, Utah resident was sentenced to prison for wire fraud after deceiving investors in a fraudulent scheme involving a fake brewery and restaurant supposedly to be built in Santa Clarita. Timothy Andrew Nemeckay, 64, of Park City, Utah, was sentenced on July 10 to 12 months and one day imprisonment, and 24 months supervised release. In September 2023, ...

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 ...