California Highway Patrol (CHP) arrested a Santa Clarita man early Friday, initially for high speeds on the 5 Freeway but unearthed a loaded firearm and drugs in the vehicle. On Friday morning around 5:20 A.M., a Newhall CHP officer conducted an enforcement stop on a gray Ford F-150 for speeding on the southbound 5 Freeway, approaching State Route 126. The ...

A man wanted in connection with a Los Angeles murder investigation was arrested in Lebec Friday evening, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). On September 12, 2025, at approximately 6:59 p.m., CHP Newhall Area units were alerted by the Los Angeles Police Department that a murder suspect could be in the area. Officers were provided with a vehicle description ...

Two suspects are in custody, and a third is at large after they led the California Highway Patrol on a high-speed chase that started in Barstow and ended in Sylmar Thursday. Around 8:43 a.m. Thursday, Barstow Area units were in pursuit of a Silver Ford Fusion on westbound SR-138 and entered the southbound 14 Freeway in the Antelope Valley, said ...

Over the weekend, local law enforcement agencies saw a slight decrease in DUIs from the previous week, with only five arrests made for the crime in the Santa Clarita Valley. This is the first time in nearly three weeks that DUI arrests in Santa Clarita did not steadily increase as a percentage of the total, but instead decreased. To pair ...

Over the Saint Patrick’s Day weekend, there was a minimal decrease in arrests. The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and the California Highway Patrol Newhall Office made 17 arrests, one fewer than the previous week. Surprisingly, the holiday weekend saw only three arrests for DUIs, which is two times less than the average of weekend DUI arrests. Likewise, the amount ...

Five suspects were arrested Monday in the Grapevine after they allegedly stole $65,000 worth of merchandise from the Lululemon in Valencia.  On Monday, five suspects stole approximately 487 items equaling $65,000 in value from the Lululemon store in Valencia, California Highway Patrol “CHP) officials said in a social media post.    “Thanks to the excellent teamwork between Lululemon ORC loss prevention, ...

The California Highway Patrol’s (CHP) Southern Division Organized Retail Crime Task Force (ORCTF), which also serves the Santa Clarita Valley through the Newhall Area Station, announced Friday the arrest of nine people and the recovery of nearly $200,000  in stolen merchandise and cash. The arrests are the result of a three-month investigation by the ORCTF into an organization known as ...

A 24-year-old woman was arrested Saturday after she led law enforcement in Santa Clarita on a brief pursuit on the 14 Freeway in a stolen vehicle. Carly Cortez, 24, a transient from the Hollywood area, drew attention from California Highway Patrol when they attempted to stop the vehicle she was driving for a carpool violation near Sand Canyon in Canyon ...

Officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area Office and the Department as a whole are mourning after a 12-year veteran who served the Santa Clarita Valley died Sunday due to complications from COVID-19.  Officer Jeremiah Hart, 44, whose most recent assignment was with the CHP Newhall Area office since July of 2020, died Sunday due to complications with ...

On Friday, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Area Office is slated to conduct a sobriety checkpoint in the unincorporated areas of the Santa Clarita Valley, with the location to be announced just prior to the operation. A sobriety checkpoint designed to prevent driving under the influence (DUI) is slated for Friday, organized by CHP Newhall Area Office. “The goal ...