A person suspected of murder was arrested by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) after a brief pursuit in Castaic Wednesday. Just after 7 a.m. Wednesday, officials with a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Taskforce — separate from the SCV Sheriff’s Station — were following a person suspected of murder on the northbound 5 Freeway in the Newhall area, Officer Carlos ...

A jury ruled that the man who shot and killed Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer in an ambush in Palmdale three years ago was legally sane at the time of the crime. Kevin Cataneo Salazar, 32, was found legally sane when he shot Clinkunbroomer as the deputy sat in a marked patrol vehicle at a red light near ...

A jury heard opening statements Monday in the trial of a man charged with the ambush shooting of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer three years ago. Deputy Ryan M. Clinkunbroomer of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) was killed on Sept. 16, 2023, in an ambush shooting at the intersection of Sierra Highway and Avenue Q in ...

Cold case investigators from Kern County are seeking information regarding the murder of a Canyon Country woman who was found beheaded in 2011. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in a cold case homicide investigation involving 64-year-old Ada Beth Kaplan Moore. Detectives are seeking information from anyone who knew Ada Moore, also known as Ada ...

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide investigators are seeking the public’s assistance in solving a homicide that occurred on New Year’s Eve of 2023 in Valencia. The shooting occurred around 4:25 a.m., when Devin Marshall was fatally shot near the intersection of Masters Cup Way and Trevino Drive in Valencia. The victim was found in the driver’s seat of his ...

The 19-year-old accused of fatally stabbing his stepfather inside a Castaic home over the weekend has now been formally charged with murder, according to a felony complaint filed by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The complaint, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, charges Terrance Blake Crawford, 19, with one count of murder in connection with the ...

A 19-year-old Castaic resident was booked on suspicion of murder and held on $2 million bail as local law enforcement agencies reported dozens of additional arrests across the Santa Clarita Valley between Thursday and Monday.  Last Saturday, a 19-year-old Castaic resident was arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly murdering his stepfather. As a result, the murder suspect is being ...

A Florida man returned to court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to murder and several other felonies following an alleged DUI crash that claimed the life of a known soccer player in the Santa Clarita Valley in December. Kaleb Franks, 34, from Daytona Beach, Florida, was charged with five felonies in connection to a December 14th crash on the 210 ...

A 19-year-old Newhall man has been arrested on murder charges in connection with a fatal Halloween night shooting that left two men dead. Alejandro Trujillo, 19, of Newhall, was arrested Monday on suspicion of murder by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Homicide Bureau Detectives in connection with the Halloween night shooting of Anthony Mora, 27, of Newhall, and Elijah Harts, ...

A Lancaster mother and father who murdered their two eldest children and abused their two younger children were each sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., 39, and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell, 49, were sentenced to two consecutive life terms without parole, plus an additional six years in state prison, following their November ...