Over the weekend of Friday, April 9 to Sunday, April 11, Santa Clarita Valley law enforcement officers made 21 total arrests. After a remarkable string of low weekend arrest numbers throughout March, Easter weekend brought 61 percent more arrests than the week prior. 

This weekend the numbers have decreased once again, dropping from 26 to 21 total arrests made, a drop of approximately 23 percent, including six felony arrests and ten drug or alcohol-related charges.

The six felony charges composed about 28 percent of all arrests this past weekend. This includes one account of burglary, two arrests made for carrying a loaded handgun without ownership of the firearm, one for receiving known stolen property, one instance of taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent and one charge of vandalism. 

Half of the felony arrests and six more of the total arrests made this weekend were of individuals with addresses outside the Santa Clarita Valley. 

This includes a man from Las Vegas who was charged with battery against a former spouse and a woman from North Carolina who was allegedly carrying a loaded handgun she was not the owner of. 

Three of the 21 arrests made between Friday and Sunday were of transient individuals, including an arrest made for illegal possession of tear gas. 

In total there were 10 arrests related to drugs or alcohol, three of them being charges of driving under the influence (DUI). In comparison to the previous weekend, which had 10 reported incidents of DUI’s, this number is a surprising 30 percent of the count from last weekend. 

With a total of six felonies and 15 misdemeanors, and only three reports of DUI’s, Santa Clarita had a quieter weekend than the previous, concluding the second weekend of April with 21 total arrests.

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