Crime

Joey Hernandez, 20, of the 7900 block of Hanna Street, 2:30 p.m.

UPDATE: Dennis Leffew, the San Jose driver who was recently charged with vehicular manslaughter in the Nov. 6 crash that killed Gavilan College basketball player Andrel Gaines, turned himself in Monday and is being held on a $250,000 bail in the San Mateo County Jail, according to Karen Guidotti, chief deputy with the San Mateo County DA’s Office. 

The Gilroy Police Department’s Traffic Unit will conduct a DUI and driver’s license checkpoint Dec. 14 at an undisclosed location within the city limits. “The deterrent effect of DUI checkpoints is a proven resource in reducing the number of persons killed and injured in alcohol...

Two suspects detained during the five county-wide sweep spearheaded in Gilroy – coined Operation Garlic Press – pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose to charges stemming from a multi-agency, law enforcement initiative, U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag said Wednesday.

Two men pointed a gun at a 32-year-old woman in the parking lot of Home Goods on Renz Lane at 7 p.m. June 29 and fled on foot with her purse, according to a press release from the Gilroy Police Department. Authorities say the suspects have not been caught. 

Santa Clara County Sheriff's Deputies arrested Gilroy man on suspicion of killing his mother with a baseball bat around 11 a.m. Christmas Day. 

A 17-year-old San Juan Bautista male, an Anzar High School

The Gilroy Police Department made dozens of arrests this past week. Some of the offenses included burglary, driving under the influence, infliction of corporal injury on a spouse, possession of a controlled substance, selling or aiding in selling stolen property, evasion of a peace officer and conspiracy to commit a crime. Here is the police blotter from Sept. 5 through Sept. 12.

Isaac Carrillo, 20, of the 7200 block of Eigleberry Street,