Tag: crime
Gilroy Police investigate two shootings
Gilroy Police are investigating two separate shootings that occurred earlier this week, one of which resulted in an injury.
At 9:22pm Sept. 9, officers arrived...
Newsom signs 10 bills targeting retail theft in CA
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a stack of bills Aug. 16 aimed at curtailing organized retail, property and auto theft in California.
Newsom appeared at a...
Gilroy Police investigate suspicious death
The death of a woman last week at a Gilroy home is being investigated as suspicious, police said Aug. 15.
The investigation began after the...
Cain Velasquez pleads guilty to vigilante shooting in Morgan Hill
Former UFC fighter Cain Velasquez pleaded guilty Aug. 16 to multiple felony charges related to a 2022 vigilante high-speed chase and shooting spree through...
Former sheriff’s captain convicted of bribery in gun permit scandal
A Superior Court jury on July 17 found former Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Capt. James Jensen guilty of felony bribery and conspiracy charges in...
South Bay man accused of molesting children in Morgan Hill
A South Bay man has been charged with sexually molesting teenage children during church trips at his house on a Morgan Hill lake, according...
Hate crimes down in CA since 2022, attorney general says
The number of reported hate crimes in California decreased slightly from 2022 to 2023, but those against Jewish, Muslim and LGBTQ+ people rose over...
Gilroy woman arrested in Hollister following police chase
Hollister Police this week arrested a Gilroy woman who carjacked a victim in San Jose and let officers on a vehicle chase through two...
San Benito County Jail escapee captured in San Jose
Daniel Lopez Zavala, who escaped from the San Benito County Jail on May 28, was arrested in San Jose Wednesday night following a regional...
Student arrested for stabbing classmate at Christopher High School
Christopher High School was locked down Wednesday afternoon after a student stabbed a classmate during an altercation, according to police.
About 11:59am May 22, Gilroy...
