Police searching for five teens
• Gilroy – Police are looking for five teenagers suspected of
robbing a victim at gunpoint.
Police searching for five teens
• Gilroy – Police are looking for five teenagers suspected of robbing a victim at gunpoint.
The victim was walking near Ninth and Eigleberry streets about 4:11pm Friday when five boys, ages 16 to 18, demanded money. One of the suspects displayed a handgun while another stole the victim’s wallet. The suspect with the gun was described as Hispanic, 18 years old, 5-foot-5, 130 pounds, with black hair and wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and jeans.
Another was described as Hispanic, 16 years old, 145 pounds, with black hair and wearing brown pants and a black shirt. The other three were described as 16-year-old Hispanic males.
Anyone with information may contact police at 846-0350.
Realtors offer use of truck
• Gilroy – Local Realtors with Intero Real Estate Services recently purchased a moving truck as an added service for their clients and for non-profit organizations, churches, schools and others to use for free.
Contact Shelley Furtado-Canario or Amylynn Dale at 391-2869 or 823-6977.
Tip-A-Cop for Special Olympics
• Gilroy – Police will be waiting tables Thursday night to raise funds for Special Olympics. Officers will join the staff at Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill and Bar from 6 to 9pm and act as restaurant greeters and servers.
In exchange for their friendly service, police will ask customers for “tips” that will be donated to Special Olympics.
Proceeds will provide free year-round training and competition to adults and children with developmental disabilities, through Special Olympics Northern California. For every $500 raised, Special Olympics will be able to send one athlete to either the summer or winter games.
Such fundraisers are held at different locations throughout the year to support the program locally and throughout the state.
Special Olympics Northern California serves more than 14,000 people with developmental disabilities who live from the Oregon border to Monterey and Tulare counties, according to its Web site.
To participate in Tip-a-Cop, visit Applebee’s at 8200 Arroyo Circle between 6 and 9pm Thursday.
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