Over President’s Day Weekend, local law enforcement made 17 drug and alcohol-related arrests, including one DUI driver who was involved in a Sunday morning crash.

Starting Friday, Feb. 15 through Monday, Feb. 18, officers with the California Highway Patrol Newhall Office and Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies arrested 17 individuals for drug and alcohol-related charges while patrolling city streets.

Of the 17 arrests, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station arrested nine DUI suspects, four individuals for being in possession of a controlled substance– including one for having drugs in the jail– and two individuals for being either drunk or under the influence of a controlled substance in public.

CHP officers made two DUI arrest, and one of the drivers was charged with a felony DUI that resulted in injury.
“On Sunday at 2:07 a.m. we responded to a solo vehicle traffic collision of a pickup truck versus the center divider on the southbound 14 freeway, north of the 5,” said Eric Priessman, a spokesperson for the CHP Newhall office.

The driver was transported to the hospital before being taken to jail, he said.

All of the individuals arrested were transported and booked at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.

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