Tag: law_crime

Police found a handgun and a wanted felon when they checked on a man slumped over the steering wheel of a parked car outside a McDonalds restaurant, authorities said. 

A preliminary hearing for five young men accused of killing Sobrato High School freshman Tara Romero, 14, in a Nov. 4, 2011 drive-by shooting was continued to a later date Monday, authorities said. 

The hearing scheduled Friday for two suspects accused of kidnapping a San Jose handyman and forcing him to perform home repairs in Morgan Hill was continued, authorities said. 

The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Corner's office reported Monday that Kayleigh Booten, 20, is the San Martin woman who died when the vehicle she was driving rolled over on Monterey Road early Saturday morning.

Wesley Painter, 29 of Gilroy, whose lifeless body was located in a west Morgan Hill home while police were investigating an unrelated incident, is not considered a victim of foul play, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jose Cardoza said. 

Two recent money-making scam attempts targeting elderly South County residents have prompted Morgan Hill police to issue a warning to the community, with some simple advice to avoid being victimized.

Authorities charged a 65-year-old Morgan Hill man who sexually abused four children over a period of several years with eight counts of child molestation. 

Morgan Hill police recovered about $7,000 worth of electronics equipment using a tracking application downloaded to one of the missing items.

One man originally implicated in the bizarre kidnapping of a handyman in Morgan Hill last month is off the hook for the crime, while the other two suspects remain in custody awaiting further court proceedings. 

Police and deputies in Santa Clara County arrested 97 motorists on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs this weekend, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office.