Crime

A 47-year-old Gilroy man is wanted for felony domestic violence and false imprisonment, according to a report from the Morgan Hill Police Department.

Four men and one woman - including three men from Gilroy - have been cleared of charges stemming from a mid-August arrest for kidnapping, sexual assault and pimping after the alleged victim, who identified herself in court as Jasmine Stallion, recanted her story during a Sept. 5 preliminary hearing in Riverside Superior Court.

Petty theft

The Gilroy Police Department will focus on motorcycle safety Friday in an effort to curb the incidence of motorcycle-involved deaths and injuries within city limits.

Cathy Canales, of Gilroy, keeps 19 dead fish in her freezer, hoping authorities will investigate her reports of a series of bizarre break-ins during which her pets - cats, guinea pigs, hamsters and this month, fish - have allegedly been mutilated, maimed and even killed, according to Canales.

Police arrested a man who tried to run from officers when they tried to search his home in relation to a fraudulent check cashing investigation, police said. On Monday, Morgan Hill officers tried to contact Lawrence Briscoe, 33 of Morgan Hill, at a residence on the 16000 block of San Benancio Drive, according to a press release from MHPD. During the search, police watched as Briscoe fled on foot and jumped fences in an effort to get away, authorities said. Officers chased him and found Briscoe hiding in a backyard. Briscoe dislocated his shoulder during the chase, when he jumped over a 10-foot fence, police said. The suspect was medically cleared and booked at Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of possession of narcotics, attempting to cash a fraudulent check and fleeing from police, the press release said. 

The arraignment for a southern California man accuse of traveling to Morgan Hill to have arranged sex with minors was continued to Sept. 25, according to authorities.

Here's your weekly digest of criminal happenings in Gilroy, including a bar fight, assault, fraud, pursuit of a stolen vehicle and various grand thefts.

New sexual assault charges filed Tuesday against 20-year-old Morgan Hill resident Nicolas Lhermine added two more children – including a 3-year-old girl – to the YMCA employee’s list of victims, authorities said.

The Gilroy Police Department has announced that its traffic unit will be conducting a DUI and driver's license checkpoint beginning 9 p.m. Friday and ending at 3 a.m. Saturday at an unknown location within city limits.