Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station deputies have released the crime reports for the week of May 16 through May 22.

Law enforcement officials suspect a Santa Clarita Valley man accused of fatally striking a popular teacher with his car and leaving the scene was under the influence at the time of the collision.

A Santa Clarita Valley woman is in custody after her employer, Dominie LLC, accused her of stealing nearly $200,000, according to court documents.

Approximately nine Newhall businesses were vandalized over the weekend, causing damage to numerous storefront windows in the area, officials confirmed Wednesday.

A Santa Clarita employee has been accused of stealing more than a half-million dollars from city coffers by writing phony invoices.

More than two years after a Valencia High baseball coach was placed on leave and then fired over an embezzlement accusation, a trial is expected to get under way this week.

Crime Reports

KHTS publishes crime reports in alphabetical order by community as they are made available.

Here are the crime reports for Saugus.

The following crimes were reported last week:

05/16/16

Residential Burglary- 24300 block of Via La Casa

The victim’s son came into his home and stole several thousand dollars’ worth of electronics and other household furniture.

Petty Theft- 22000 block Pamplico Drive

There were two Huffy boys’ bikes (one green, one blue) stolen from the victim’s front porch.

05/17/16

Theft From Vehicle- 22900 block of Oak Ridge Drive

The suspect stole miscellaneous hand tools from a tool box in the bed of victim’s truck.  

05/19/16

Burglary from Vehicle- 23800 block of Mission Puebla

An unknown suspect broke into the victim’s vehicle and stole a garage door opener, a collector coin, and approximately $5 in US coins.

Vacation Checks for your House

If you are going away on vacation and would like the sheriff’s department to do a vacation check on your home, click here and click on the resident service center.  Scroll down to “Vacation Check” and fill out the request and submit it online to the city.