Man Arrested for Indecent Exposure

By Mary O’KEEFE A 30-year-old Los Angeles man has been arrested by Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s deputies for indecent exposure and child annoyance after a 13-year-old girl reported he had exposed himself to her. The young girl reported that she was walking her dog eastbound on Forest Green Lane in La Cañada Flintridge. She allegedly saw […]

No Back Up Needed

Sheriffs and GPD defeat Death Valley without injury in annual Baker to Vegas Relay. By Brandon HENSLEY Those 120 miles can wear men down like no other. If the runners don’t go down due to heat stroke, then surely the winds will get them, or the rain, or the snow. Some of the runners train […]

Deputies Raise Awareness, Ask for Public’s Help

By Mary O’KEEFE Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station detectives are asking residents to be aware of people knocking on doors in local neighborhoods claiming to be looking for a friend. Four residential burglaries occurred in La Cañada on Thursday, March 31 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. One of the homes was in the 4800 block […]

Explorers Bring Home Two First-Place Trophies

By Mary O’KEEFE Six members of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff Explorers team returned from a competition in Chandler, Ariz. bringing with them two first place awards. Out of about 900 Explorers from 50 different law enforcement posts, the Crescenta Valley Sheriff Explorers brought home two first prize trophies from the 13th Annual Tactical Competition. This […]

CVHS lends a hand for the Sheriffs Toy and Food Drive

By Misty DUPLESSIS On Dec. 6 Crescenta Valley High School launched its annual competition to raise items for the yearly Fall Food, Toy and Money Drive. On Dec. 15 students anxiously awaited the results of whose class would be named the winner of this year’s collections. The rules were simple. All second period classes were […]

Three arrested with burglary tools and drugs

By Mary O’KEEFE Deputies from Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station arrested three suspects after finding tools commonly used in burglaries, stolen property and drugs. At 2:50 p.m. on Saturday, deputies responded to a call at Briggs and Olive avenues about three males in a vehicle that may have been stolen. The three, Ian Kuh, 18, of […]

Grandma scam

By Mary O’KEEFE A local resident wants to warn friends and neighbors of an apparent phone scam targeting grandparents. “I got a call and the [man on the other end] said, ‘Hello grandma,’” said La Crescenta resident Loraine Locke. Locke said the man sounded very confident as he pretended to be her grandson but never […]

Woman arrested on false imprisonment charges

By Mary O’KEEFE A woman was arrested for burglary and false imprisonment on Tuesday after she allegedly entered a La Cañada home and threatened former roommates. Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station received a call at 8:22 a.m. for help from two women who had reportedly locked themselves in the bathroom of their home in the 4800 […]

Burglary Suspect Nabbed

B y Mary O’KEEFE A string of local burglaries may have come to an end with the arrest on Sunday of a La Crescenta resident. On Sunday at about 4:40 p.m. Crescenta Valley Sheriff’s Station received a call from a witness who had recognized a man, later identified as Anders Goodman, 24, of La Crescenta, […]

CV Sheriff’s evacuated due to smoke

By Mary O’KEEFE On Oct. 7 the CV Sheriffs Station was evacuated from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. due to smoke resulting from a fire caused by a short in the station’s air conditioning unit. Smoke filled the station causing personnel to be evacuated. L.A. county fire responded. One inmate in the jail at the time […]