An off-duty police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) appeared in court Tuesday for charges of brandishing a firearm during a Valencia road rage incident last year. Georgeta Buruiana, 38, faces one felony count of brandishing a firearm at a person in a motor vehicle, said Ricardo Santiago, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. On ...

Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station arrested four individuals after they reportedly stole a catalytic converter in Newhall Friday night. The arrests occurred late Friday night on Atwood Boulevard in Newhall, after it was reported that a catalytic converter had just been taken off the victim’s vehicle.  “Catalytic converters can easily be ‘scrapped’ for quick profit,” wrote Deputy ...

The number of arrests related to drugs and alcohol reported over the weekend in the Santa Clarita Valley were up by nearly double compared to the previous weekend. Between Friday, Feb. 5 and Sunday, Feb. 7, a total of 37 arrests were reported by officials from both the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and the California Highway Patrol Newhall Office. ...

A man was arrested in Stevenson Ranch Wednesday night after deputies reportedly found forged checks and narcotics in his vehicle, with officials later discovering that he had a felony warrant out for his arrest. On Wednesday night, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station were conducting patrol checks of businesses in Stevenson Ranch when they found a single vehicle ...

Two suspects were taken into custody Wednesday in Stevenson Ranch on a slew of felony charges including false impersonation and narcotics.  Deputies patrolling Stevenson Ranch Wednesday afternoon contacted a man and woman during a traffic stop in the 24800 block of Pico Canyon Road for vehicle code violations, said Deputy Natalie Arriaga, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.  ...

A known theft suspect was arrested on a slew of felony charges Monday evening after deputies recovered multiple stolen items in his vehicle after a Valencia traffic stop. On Monday evening, deputies were patrolling Valencia when they spotted a vehicle used in a previous theft of brass backflow valves, said Deputy Natalie Arriaga, spokesperson for the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s ...

The number of reported vandalism arrests in the Santa Clarita Valley over the weekend tripled when compared to the previous weekend. Between Friday, Jan. 29 and Sunday, Jan. 31, a total of 34 arrests were reported by officials from both the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and the California Highway Patrol Newhall Office. Out of these arrests, six of them, ...

Deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station are investigating a reported gunpoint robbery at the Trader Joe’s in Saugus Sunday night. At around 8:10 p.m. Sunday, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station received reports of a robbery at the Trader Joe’s on the 26500 block of Bouquet Canyon Road in Saugus. “Somebody came in there with a ...

Three Newhall burglary suspects were taken into custody Friday afternoon after they were allegedly seen kicking in a door of a home. Around 2:15 p.m. Friday, deputies received reports of a possible burglary on the 25000 block of Atwood Boulevard in Newhall, said Lt. Ethan Marquez, with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.  “An informant noticed someone was entering the ...

A crime suppression operation Wednesday night resulted in five arrests throughout Santa Clarita as deputies targeted auto theft. On Wednesday night, deputies with the Crime Impact Team (CIT), with the help of the Taskforce for Regional Auto Theft Prevention (TRAP) North Team, conducted a crime suppression operation targeting auto theft crime in Santa Clarita, said Deputy Natalie Arriaga, spokesperson for ...