A man wanted by the FBI was arrested Monday night after he was allegedly speeding on the 5 Freeway in Newhall. Around 11:50 p.m. Monday, officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that was speeding on the northbound 5 Freeway south of Calgrove Boulevard, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the ...

A Santa Clarita man was arrested after he allegedly fled on foot from a traffic stop on Monday evening. Around 7:45 p.m. Monday, a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer conducted a traffic stop on a silver Ford truck for a traffic violation on Oak Springs Road near Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the ...

A violent roadway incident on southbound Interstate 5 near Castaic ended with a suspect taken into custody Tuesday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol Newhall Area. On New Year’s Eve around 3:14 p.m., CHP Newhall Area units received reports of a violent road rage incident on southbound I-5 near Castaic.  “The suspect in the highway violence was making hand ...

A man with several active warrants was arrested Sunday after he allegedly jumped over a fence onto fire department property and resisted officers in Valencia.   Around 5:10 p.m. Sunday, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area units received a call of a gold sedan traveling at over 100 mph on the 5 Freeway near the SR-126, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson ...

A felon on parole was arrested after a loaded firearm was located in his vehicle. On Thursday, a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer conducted a stop on a vehicle traveling 93 mph on the southbound 5 Freeway near Smokey Bear Road in Gorman, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall Area Office. When the officer contacted the driver, ...

A man who allegedly assaulted a firefighter in Kern County was arrested in Stevenson Ranch on Tuesday. Tuesday morning, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) was made aware of a wanted person who assaulted a firefighter in Kern County, said Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall Area Office. CHP officers located the vehicle and conducted a felony traffic stop ...

Over the weekend, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers made two child endangerment arrests connected to parents allegedly driving while under the influence. Around 7:15 p.m. Friday, CHP officers conducted a traffic stop on a BMW on the southbound 14 Freeway near Soledad Canyon Road in Canyon Country, said officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall Area Office. During the ...

  A majority of weekend arrests made in the Santa Clarita Valley were drug- or alcohol-related.  A total of 27 arrests were made this weekend by deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP), Newhall Area Office with the majority of the crimes being related to drunk or impaired driving. Of the ...

A drunk Valencia man was arrested for DUI for the second time in three weeks Friday after he was found stalled on the 5 Freeway in Newhall.   Around 1 a.m. Friday, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Officers observed a vehicle blocking lanes on the northbound 5 Freeway at Lyons Avenue in Newhall, said Officer Josh Greengard, spokesperson for the CHP Newhall ...

For back-to-back weeks, the Santa Clarita weekend arrest logs have been dominated by drug-related crimes. The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and the California Highway Patrol Newhall Office combined for 15 arrests, with eight of them being for drug-related offenses. Of the drug-related crimes, four were from DUIs, two were for bringing or sending drugs or alcohol into a jail, ...