Santa Clarita arrests were up nearly 50 percent due to Memorial Day being an extended weekend with just under half of the suspects from other cities, officials said Tuesday. 

Between Friday, May 22 and Monday, May 25, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and officers with the California Highway Patrol Newhall Area Office made 65 arrests within the Santa Clarita Valley a 46 percent increase over the previous weekend, according to weekend arrest records.

Of those arrests, 23 were related to drugs and alcohol, with 15 reported instances of DUI and eight reported incidents of being under the influence or drunk in public. 

Other than drug and alcohol-related arrests, CHP officers arrested a Bakersfield man for evading law enforcement on a motorcycle. 

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Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station also arrested four individuals of stealing items from the Canyon Country Costco as well as two individuals of robbery, according to arrest records.   

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A total of 31 arrests made were for individuals who reported having home addresses outside of the Santa Clarita Valley, nearly 48 percent of all arrests, while six were reportedly transients, according to weekend arrest records.

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