Hundreds of doses of methamphetamine and heroin were seized during a Sunday afternoon arrest in Canyon Country, according to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. Sheriff’s officials said that around 1:40 p.m., a deputy conducting routine patrol checks contacted two men near a convenience store.  During the contact, deputies learned that one of the men, a 33-year-old Los Angeles resident, ...

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) deputy pleaded guilty Thursday to possessing more than one pound of heroin that he admitted to attempting to smuggle inside the jail in Castaic last year. Michael Meiser, 40, of Lancaster, pleaded guilty to one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin. According to his plea agreement, in April 2024, Meiser was ...

Most people who suffer from substance abuse issues understand that detox and withdrawal come with some unpleasant side effects, but for heroin and opiates, it takes another form. Even those who have never tried to get sober hear the stories from friends and other users of being “dope sick,” and fear of this feeling can be a major barrier to ...

Deputies with the Juvenile Intervention Team, (J-Team), discussed the rising cases of drug overdoses in Santa Clarita with three more reported this year than in 2020.   On Tuesday, Jeff Cacic, a detective with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s J-Team met with KHTS to do a review of 2021 and educate the community on the dangers of drugs, but more specifically, ...

A Saugus woman was arrested Tuesday evening on forgery and narcotics offenses after she was allegedly found pulling a skateboarder behind her car, officials said. While J-Team deputies were working a crime suppression operation Tuesday night looking for illegal narcotics activity, they just happened to spot a car towing a skateboarder on a Saugus road, said Shirley Miller, spokesperson for ...

A Newhall man was arrested early Tuesday morning on multiple felonies including identity theft after a routine traffic stop, officials said. On Tuesday around 12:30 a.m., a patrol deputy observed a Honda sedan on Wiley Canyon Road that had no license plates, said Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. “The deputy conducted a traffic stop to ...

A Frazier Park woman was arrested by deputies Monday from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station after they discovered heroin in her vehicle, officials said. On Monday, Dec. 23, deputies patrolling at the Newhall Park and Ride near the intersection of Newhall Avenue and Sierra Highway noticed a parked vehicle with two people inside, according to Shirley Miller, spokesperson for ...

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station has issued a plea for community support against drug activity after a mother of five children suffered an opioid overdose. On Thursday, August 23, a 36-year-old Santa Clarita mother of five overdosed on heroin, prompting a call to 9-1-1, according to Shirley Miller, spokesperson for the station. Santa Clarita deputies arrived at the scene ...

A Huntington Beach woman was arrested Tuesday after she allegedly brought drugs into the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station jail, officials said. On Tuesday around 11:30 p.m., deputies conducted a traffic stop for a vehicle code violation near Benz Road and Alaminos Drive in Saugus, said Shirley Miller, a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Station. “The driver was found to be ...

A Newhall man was arrested in Simi Valley Friday on suspicion of drug sales, after being found in possession of over a pound of cocaine and 500 ecstasy pills, officials said. On Aug. 9, detectives from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office arrested Matthew Bucio, 24, of Newhall, for his alleged involvement in the sales of narcotics to residents of Ventura ...