Evading An Officer – California Vehicle Code 2800.1

Evading an Officer - Vehicle Code 2800.1
Recently, a woman was stopped under suspicion of drunk driving in Newhall. The woman was pulled over on a dead-end street, but when deputies approached the vehicle, the woman quickly took off, turned around, and escaped after damaging two squad cars. The suspect took off toward another wash near 16th street, though the chase was cut short when her car stalled out on a service road. The woman was immediately arrested after the chase, and neither the suspect nor any deputies were injured. Th...
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Car Robbery Suspect Arrested in Santa Clarita

Car Robberies
On Saturday, November 29, a woman was arrested in the parking lot between Sprouts and Target on Magic Mountain Parkway by investigators with the CHP. Deputies working out of the Santa Clarita Sheriff Station assisted the CHP by setting up a perimeter, but it is believed that a second suspect, a man, eluded capture by running into the nearby wash. With all of the shopping being done this time of year, law enforcement officers are used to seeing car robberies spike as well. The robberies are us...
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Assault Charges 240 PC

Assault. Photo credit: Jason Rogers
California Penal Code calls assault charges 240 PC. In the State of California, assault is defined as: intentionally attempting to inflict injury on someone else. Assault is typically associated with violence, but according to California Law, it doesn’t have to be. Assault is defined as “any ‘application of force’ upon another person,” and “application of force” is described as “any harmful or offensive touching.” So basically, any number of actions could qualify as assault, regardless of whe...
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