Crime

Gilroy police incidents May 7 through May 14.

Anthony Villalobos, 36, of Hollister, 11:45 a.m. Saturday, near

Vanessa Lira

An elderly couple arrived at their Morgan Hill home just before lunchtime Thursday and opened their garage door to find a strange mini-van in their parking spot with a man they had never seen before inside the vehicle, police said. 

Gilroy Police Department Officer Noel Lemus pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest at Merced County Courthouse July 10, opting instead to take the case to trial. Officer Lemus will return for his pre-trial hearing at 8:15 a.m. Friday, Aug. 16 at the Merced County Courthouse located at 2260 N-Street in Merced.

The man accused of killing 31-year-old Elizabeth Esther Gomez in

A 46-year-old man was shot and killed Tuesday night while

Youth crime in Gilroy has dropped almost 50 percent over the past three years, after an intensive school program funded by a $500,000 a year grant, according to a report by the South County Youth Task Force. Arrests of youths aged 11-–19 in Gilroy have...

Here's your latest digest of criminal happenings in Gilroy, including a violent case of child abuse, a robbery of marijuana at gunpoint, assault with a deadly weapon and a high-speed pursuit.