Crime

Police are looking for two unidentified suspects who allegedly stole cash, lottery tickets and cigarettes during an armed robbery of a Morgan Hill convenience store late early Thursday morning. 

Morgan Hill and San Jose police caught up to a man with $1.6 million worth of warrants out for his arrest, after he fled a traffic stop last week, authorities said. 

Harassment

This week Gilroy Police responded to a variety of crimes, including pit bull attacks, burglaries, assaults and forgery.

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. 

Investigators from the Gilroy Police Department Anti-Crime Team on Saturday arrested Joshua Williams, 23, for multiple charges related to weapons and drugs.

The pickup truck driver pursued by authorities for more than 30 minutes Tuesday from Hollister to Gilroy escaped on foot, but the investigating sheriff’s office reported that it might have a positive identification on the suspect.

Early this morning, Gilroy Police Department executed a search warrant on the 7300 block of Old Gilroy Drive in Gilroy for Robert Birrueta, 21, who was wanted on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and participating in a criminal street gang.

Battery on a former spouse