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Adult Film Actor Ron Jeremy Indicted For Over 35 Sexual Assaults, Including Santa Clarita Teen

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Ron Jeremy, an adult film star known as Ron Jeremy who had previously been charged with over 30 instances of sexual assault, including sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl at a house party in Santa Clarita, has been indicted. Wednesday, Los Angeles County District Attorney (LADA) George Gascón announced Jeremy had been indicted on more than 30 sexual assault counts involving ...

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Valencia Man Accused Of Strangling Boyfriend Returns To Court

A Valencia man accused of strangling his boyfriend to death appeared in court on Tuesday. Christian Ortiz, 24, is suspected of strangling Brayan “Brian” Rodriguez, 20, and hiding his body at a Valencia home in September 2017, according to Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The couple had been arguing the last time Rodriguez was ...

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Santa Clarita Wrong-Way Driver Returns To Court For Murder, Assault Charges

A Santa Clarita woman who allegedly stole a car and caused a fatal wrong-way five-vehicle collision on the 210 Freeway returned to court Wednesday. Prosecutors said that on Jan. 22, 2018, Nicole Danielle Thibault stole a parked truck in San Bernardino. She then allegedly drove through several red lights at unsafe speeds before entering the 210 Freeway, prosecutors added. In ...

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LAPD Officer Pleads No Contest In 2019 Off-Duty Santa Clarita Road Rage Case

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An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer pled no contest to charges in connection with a Santa Clarita road rage incident in December of 2019.  After a year-and-a-half-long legal battle, Georgeta Buruiana, resident of Santa Clarita, has pleaded no contest in the December 14, 2019 charges against her, said Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s ...

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Canyon Country Solar Panel Battle Sees A Possible $5 Million Conclusion

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After a long battle spanning over four years between Canyon View Estates, their residents and the City of Santa Clarita, a possible conclusion may have been found.  On June 17, 2021, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled in favor of the residents and the City of Santa Clarita regarding solar panels that were installed June of 2017.  The ...

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Las Vegas Case Dismissed For Santa Clarita Realtor Accused Of Sexual Assault

The Las Vegas court case against a Santa Clarita realtor accused of sexual assault was dismissed Thursday, according to court records. On Thursday, a Clark County Court judge dismissed the sexual assault charges brought against Mike Bjorkman, a realtor from Santa Clarita, according to court records. Bjorkman’s attorneys, David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfield, reported Thursday that the case settled State ...

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Santa Clarita Valley Man Sentenced To Seven Years For $4 Million Tax Preparation Con

A Santa Clarita Valley man who claimed to be a tax preparer was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Tuesday for defrauding his clients out of more than $4 million with false promises of windfalls from federal grants. Edgardo Zeta Montalban, 70, of Valencia, was sentenced to 84 months by United States District Judge Stanley Blumenfeld Jr. on Tuesday, ...

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Lancaster Man Pleads Guilty To Murder Of L.A. County Sheriff’s Sergeant Steve Owen

A Lancaster man pled guilty Thursday to the murder of Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Steve Owen five years ago. Trenton Trevor Lovell, 31, faces multiple charges – including murder – after he allegedly killed Sgt. Steve Owen, who was actively responding to a residential burglary outside a Lancaster apartment complex in 2016. Lovell entered his plea on Thursday ...

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Santa Clarita Man Accused Of Raping Multiple Women Returns To Court

A Santa Clarita man who pled not guilty to allegations of posing as a rideshare driver and raping seven women returned to court last Friday. Santa Clarita resident Nicolas Morales appeared in court this Friday for a pretrial conference, having been accused of over two dozen felony charges, including raping seven women and posing as a rideshare driver. Morales was ...

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