Over the weekend, DUIs rose to the top of the list for the most common cause of arrests in the Santa Clarita Valley. The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and the California Highway Patrol Newhall Office made 12 arrests, half of them for DUI or some other form of impaired driving.  The second most common reason for arrest this past ...

Over the weekend, the number of arrests in the Santa Clarita Valley was within a normal range, but drug and alcohol-related crimes spiked. Tied for first, there were DUIs and possession of drugs, with four people being arrested for each crime. Additionally, there was a single person arrested for possession of drugs with the intent to sell. Even though these ...

The past weekend in Santa Clarita, arrests decreased by a whopping 10 people following a Memorial Day weekend that had 24 people taken into custody. Despite the decrease in arrests, the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and the California Highway Patrol Newhall Office remained vigilant. DUIs were the most common reason for arrest, with six individuals charged. All six individuals ...

Over the weekend, there were several arrests made, but one of the most significant and impactful was the arrest of a man who crashed while driving under the influence, which led to one person being killed. Carlos Garcia, out of Visalia, CA, was arrested after taking an unprotected left turn with oncoming traffic and was struck by another vehicle. His ...

Over the Cinco De Mayo weekend, arrests were nearly slashed in half from 17 the previous week to only 10. In usual fashion, DUIs ranked amongst the most common reasons for arrests. This weekend, it accounted for 40 percent of all arrests made. One of the people arrested for DUI was a 55-year-old San Fernando man who works as an ...

Over the weekend, domestic violence cases saw a spike in Santa Clarita, with four individuals out of 16 total arrests.  Only one of the arrestees for domestic violence was arrested with felony charges, while the other three were hit with misdemeanor charges. The youngest of the group was a 5’5”, 130-pound, 18-year-old woman from Van Nuys. Following domestic violence crimes, ...

Over the weekend, law enforcement saw a five-person increase in arrests from the previous weekend’s arrest logs. The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and the California Highway Patrol Newhall Office made a combined 18 arrests over the past weekend. One constant for the weekend arrests is that drug and alcohol-related crimes prevail as the most common reason for being taken ...

Over half of the arrests made in Santa Clarita this weekend were once again people who did not live in the Santa Clarita Valley.  Over the weekend, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) made 31 arrests, according to the weekend arrest logs.  Out of the 31 arrests, 16 of them ...

Over the New Year’s weekend, there were a total of 20 arrests made by the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station and the CHP Newhall Office, 11 of them for DUIs. One of the DUIs caused an injury to another person, resulting in felony charges. Along with the DUIs, there were arrests made for possession of a substance, public intoxication and ...

A majority of Christmas weekend arrests were mostly made on non-Santa Clarita residents, records show.   Over the weekend, deputies with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff Station and officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) made 20 arrests with deputies making 10 of them, according to the weekend arrest logs.  Out of the 20 arrests, 10 of them were misdemeanors with ...