This past weekend in the Santa Clarita Valley saw 42 arrests involving a variety of crimes including alcohol, drugs, theft, and crimes against minors.  

The California Highway Patrol Newhall area office and Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station made a total of 42 arrests over the weekend, with half of the arrests being non-residents of Santa Clarita. 

This marks 58% more arrests compared to last weekend, which only reported 23 people taken into custody.

More than half of the arrests made (23) were made for drug or alcohol related crimes, while eight arrests pertained to personal injury crime, including an arrest made for the injury of a child. 

A 20-year-old was also arrested for having sex with a minor with a 3-year age difference on Sunday. 

Three total arrests for grand theft of $400 or more were made over the weekend.

The remaining arrests involved identity theft, petty theft, loitering, vandalism, and carrying a stolen loaded handgun. 

Click here to see last weekend’s arrests. 

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