Deputies red-tagged six cars and towed one suspected abandoned vehicle in Saugus on Tuesday morning, officials said.

Crime Prevention Unit deputies were sent out to check several streets in Saugus and Stevenson Ranch where residents had reported possibly abandoned vehicles, according to Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. 

“On one Saugus street, half a dozen vehicles were red-tagged and another vehicle was towed,” Miller said. 

When a vehicle has a red tag left by deputies in the windshield, it serves as a warning to the owner that the vehicle cannot be left on the street for more than 72 consecutive hours in the same spot, or it will be presumed abandoned, according to officials. 

“If the vehicle is not moved, it is subject to being towed,” Miller said.  

When deputies checked the vehicles on the streets brought to their attention, it was reportedly obvious that some cars had been parked for an extended period of time based on their appearance, Miller said. 

“When deputies checked registered owner information on the abandoned vehicles, the owners did not even live in the immediate vicinity of that neighborhood,” Miller said. 

One registered owner’s information came back with a residential address in Los Angeles, according to officials.  

“We not only want to keep the crime rate down in the SCV, but we want to also keep the neighborhoods looking nice for the residents we serve,” Miller said.

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