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A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) deputy was sentenced Thursday to 67 months in federal prison for possessing more than one pound of heroin — hidden inside Pringles potato chips cans — that he admitted to attempting to smuggle inside a county jail in the Santa Clarita Valley. Michael Meiser, 40, of Lancaster, ... The post Former LASD Deputy Sentenced To Over 51/2 Years In Prison For Pitchess Detention Center Smuggling Scheme appeared first on KHTS Radio.

Los Angeles County firefighters battled a brush fire that broke out in the rural community of Fairmont in the Antelope Valley Wednesday. After receiving a call about the blaze at 11:20 a.m., fire crews arrived at the scene on West Lancaster Road near North 215th Street in Fairmont, west of Lancaster, within 20 minutes, according to the LA County Fire Department. The so-called Land Fire scorched about 5 acres as of noon, with no nearby structures threatened. The fire department

Los Angeles County firefighters battled a brush fire that broke out in the rural community of Fairmont in the Antelope Valley Wednesday. After receiving a call about the blaze at 11:20 a.m., fire crews arrived at the scene on West Lancaster Road near North 215th Street in Fairmont, west of Lancaster, within 20 minutes, according to the LA County Fire Department. The so-called Land Fire scorched about 5 acres as of noon, with no nearby structures threatened. The fire department

A girl in Lancaster was airlifted to the hospital after an incident involving fireworks.

A baby who was left in a running vehicle was kidnapped in a possible family dispute in Lancaster over the weekend, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. The kidnapping was reported at 4:33 p.m. Sunday on 10th Street West, according to LASD. There, a man called law enforcement to report his vehicle, which had his 10-month-old baby inside, was stolen while he was inside a gas station restroom. The man added that the vehicle was running at the time. The kidnapper was d

Henry Clay Wiley, an early pioneer of Los Angeles and the Santa Clarita Valley, died at his home in Los Angeles on Oct. 25, 1898, at age 69. Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1829, Wiley spent much of his life shaping Southern California communities through public service, civic involvement, and entrepreneurial ventures. Wiley’s early life ... The post Today In SCV History: October 25, 1898 – Newhall Pioneer Henry Clay Wiley Dies appeared first on KHTS Radio.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Around 2 p.m. on Oct. 7, Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office’s (LSO) Criminal Interdiction Unit made an arrest after finding 44,000 pounds of stolen copper wire during a traffic stop. LSO deputies stopped a semi-truck for driving on the shoulder of the road on Interstate 80, west of Waverly. The driver of the semi was unable to...

The man who died in a rollover crash on the 14 Freeway in Canyon Country Thursday has been identified.  Semaj Weldon, 28, from Lancaster, was the man killed in the rollover crash, according to officials with the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office.  Around 4:15 p.m. Thursday, emergency responders received reports of a rollover traffic ... The post Man Killed In Rollover Canyon Country Crash Identified appeared first on KHTS Radio.