A Canyon Country man who is a former Navy SEAL was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for surreptitiously filming nude minor victims with hidden cameras in a residential setting. Robert Quido Stella, 51, of Canyon Country, was sentenced by United States District Judge George H. Wu. At the conclusion of ...

A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department captain who lives in Stevenson Ranch retired in January, months after his home was searched and he was discovered at a known sex trafficking location. Captain Charles “Chuck” M. Norris IV, Acting Commander of the Special Operations Bureau, retired on Jan. 27, 2024, after 34 years and six months of service in the ...

A Santa Clarita man was arrested Friday by federal authorities in connection with a series of child sexual exploitation cases. Ian Nathanial Johnson, 36, of Santa Clarita, was arrested Friday after prosecutors filed a criminal complaint charging him with distributing and possessing child pornography. The investigation into Johnson was launched after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children received ...