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Deputy Adam Lagabed

Deputy Adam Lagabed

Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff Station deputies and the Santa Clarita Valley Search and Rescue Team responded to a call about a child who was stuck on an approximate eight foot high ledge along the Haskell Canyon Trail, and was afraid to come down.

At approximately 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 4, 2015, the mother of the local 11-year-old boy called the Santa Clarita Sheriff’s Station because it was starting to get dark outside and she was getting concerned about her son not being able to come down from the ledge.

The mother said that her son and a friend had left their Valencia residence that evening for a short hike. As they approached a trailhead, she momentarily stopped while her son and friend began walking on two trails that were parallel to each other.

Her friend briefly lost sight of her son and when her friend crested a hill, she observed him hiking up farther.  The trail he was on was at a higher elevation than her trail.

He eventually ended up on an approximate eight foot high ledge and was afraid to come down.

Santa Clarita Valley Station deputies responded to the location and immediately contacted the Search and Rescue Team.

As darkness set in, Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station Deputy Adam Lagabed hiked up the trail to try to locate the missing parties.  After finding them, he was able to coax the 11-year-old boy to slide down the ledge, telling him that he would catch him.

The boy complied with his request and slid down the ledge, suffering no injuries.

Shortly after the boy came down, the Search and Rescue Team arrived on scene and all parties were safely escorted out of the canyon.

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62 Comments

  1. Awesome… Thank you sir!

  2. Thank you so much!!

  3. Teddi Lynn says:

    Love our Sheriffs. Awesome job :)

  4. Rita Tadros says:

    Good job. God Bless.

  5. Thank you for your service!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. Great job, thank you!!

  7. Stephen Gold says:

    Nice that’s just Awesome

  8. These are the types of cops i like

  9. Paul Mero says:

    Clone this one please

  10. He’s kinda cute. :-)

  11. That’s a REAL hero!

  12. Great job! Need more stories like this one posted

  13. Anonymous says:

    Good job

  14. James O’Rourke you better have us cover next week brutha! lol

  15. Great Job!! Thank you for your dedication

  16. Great Job!! Thank you for your dedication

  17. Thank you deputy Lagabed!!!!

  18. Thank you deputy Lagabed!!!!

  19. Teresa Todd says:

    Let me guess, vest underneath?Awesome job, regardless!

  20. Teresa Todd says:

    Let me guess, vest underneath?Awesome job, regardless!

  21. Now THIS is what makes Awesome Town!

  22. True Hero. Awesome!!!!!!

  23. I support my local Sheriff :)

  24. Mike says:

    Atta boy

  25. Great job Adam, you made a firefighter proud to know you!

  26. Great job Adam, you made a firefighter proud to know you!

  27. Karen Witt says:

    Thank you so much.

  28. Karen Witt says:

    Thank you so much.

  29. Awesomeness. !! Thank you for your service. God Bless.

  30. Awesomeness. !! Thank you for your service. God Bless.

  31. It’s obvious this deputy is one of the good people from the police force congrats Mr. Lagabed

  32. Mark Hedman says:

    If you see this Deputy Adam Lagabed, swing by LA Police Gear and we can get you new uniform set on the house. We want to make sure to take care of our local heroes!

  33. Yaeko Tsuboi says:

    Great, you officer do wonderful jab. thank you !!!!!!

  34. Thanx so much for your service.

  35. David Hong says:

    8ft when I saw this I thought the boy was stuck in a ravine in dire need not this

  36. I LOVE our Sheriffs and the Sheriffs department. Don’t see enough of all the great things they do. I appreciate them so very much.

  37. Lou Dag says:

    good a cop in scv did some good for once

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