Crime

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 45th out of 46 federally charged defendants in Operation Garlic Press – the 16-month, 39-agency undercover investigation led by Gilroy Police that spanned March 2010 to October 2011 – was sentenced Thursday in federal court, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag.

A San Jose man and his passenger narrowly escaped serious injury on the U.S. 101 after a hit-and-run driver caused their car to crash into a semi-trailer truck Monday.

Anyone who saw a red Volkswagen Jetta with a black hood in north Morgan Hill or south San Jose around the week of March 16 is asked to contact the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, because investigators have linked the vehicle to the disappearance and kidnapping of Sierra LaMar.

description: 5-feet; 120 pounds; 48 years old; brown eyes, brown hair; tattoos on right arm and chest

Local developer and community activist Chris Cote, 46, was

DUI

The Gilroy Police Department recently responded to a variety of crimes, including battery, peeping or prowling and possession of ammunition by a prohibited person.  Arrests were recorded in the GPD blotter May 21 through 28. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.