Tag: police
Family continues to mourn
The attendees reiterated their intent to hold Gilroy police accountable for Juarez’s death, just a couple days after the Santa Clara County district attorney announced his office had completed an investigation that exonerated the officers involved in Juarez’s arrest.
DA clears Gilroy Police in Steven Juarez death
The county medical examiner’s office found that Juarez died from “severe drug intoxication complicated by his exertion to escape arrest and the police officers’ less-lethal efforts to detain him."
19-year-old arrested for recent burglaries
Gilroy Police earlier this week arrested a young man on suspicion of recently burglarizing two homes.
Police: Man exposed himself to teen at GHS
Gilroy Police are warning residents to be on the lookout for an adult male who exposed himself to a teenager just outside Gilroy High...
Council OKs 4 percent raise for cops
The Gilroy City Council Aug. 6 unanimously approved a new contract and salary schedule for the Gilroy Police Officers Association, providing officers a 4...
CHP: Motorcyclist fatally hit by drunk driver
A motorcyclist from San Jose died after he was hit by a drunken driver in an SUV on Watsonville Road near Gilroy Aug. 3,...
San Jose man dies in Gilroy traffic accident
A San Jose man was fatally struck by a vehicle Aug. 2 on U.S. 101 in Gilroy after his car collided into a guard...
Police arrest 15 Garlic Festival patrons
Gilroy Police reported a total of 15 arrests—all related to alcohol—during the three-day Garlic Festival at Christmas Hill Park, which was attended by an...
More than 60 cited for illegal fireworks
The evening of July 4 was a busy night for the Gilroy Police Department, which fielded more than 400 calls for service and wrote...
No consensus on carotid hold
Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith would like to eliminate the carotid control hold from the sheriff’s office use-of-force policy, because there is too...
