Crime

Gilroy Police responded to a variety of crimes Jan. 9 through Jan 16, including drug possession, theft, battery and vandalism.

Morgan Hill police recovered about $7,000 worth of electronics equipment using a tracking application downloaded to one of the missing items.

The Gilroy Police responded to a variety of crimes Jan. 8 through Jan. 14, including a lewd and lascivious act, vandalism, assault, narcotics possession, fraud and a number of auto burglaries.

Joshua Valdez is back on his feet six months after the hit-and-run accident that left him with a busted knee and traumatic brain injury, but he thinks the woman who hit him while he was walking home one night more than six months ago should have been locked up for more than a year, and supervised on probation longer than the five years the judge ordered for her at South County Courthouse Monday.

Arrests from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Blotter, Dec. 27 through Jan. 8.

This week Gilroy Police responded to a variety of crimes, including residential burglary, hit and run, DUI, assault, fraud, embezzlement, and a rash of vehicle thefts. Arrest log is from Dec. 31 to Jan. 8.

Monica Diaz, a 28-year-old Gilroy woman, was booked on felony DUI charges New Year's Eve for driving under the influence of marijuana and running her car into Sheriff's Deputy Shannon Catalano, who was on foot at the time and seriously injured as a result.

Francisco Dominguez, a former Gilroy Unified School District trustee who is charged with two counts of felony grand theft after he allegedly embezzled more than $52,000 from a leading South County social services agency, appeared in court for a plea hearing Tuesday morning at the Hall of Justice in San Jose.

The Gilroy Police Department responded to reports of a suspicious circumstance at 2:14 p.m. Dec. 30 on the 9300 block of Monterey Road.

The 51-year-old homicide victim gunned down near Old Gilroy and Alexander streets on New Year's Eve has been identified as Elpidio Morales Jr., born Aug. 13, 1961.