Crime

Police arrested a suspected child molester when the man's

Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee, a 30-year-plus law enforcement veteran, found himself the victim of a crime when someone stole his personal vehicle April 27, according to police. The chief’s service firearm and badge, among other personal items, were inside the vehicle when it disappeared,...

A fire in a rural home built in the 1800s on Redwood Retreat

Gilroy police responded to an armed robbery at 7:33 p.m. Monday near the intersection of Princevalle Street and Filbro Drive in Gilroy. 

Gilroy police nabbed three late-night classroom burglars in the middle of a break-in at El Roble Elementary School Thursday.

Fernando Renterias, 20, of the 900 block of West Sixth Street,

Gilbert Munoz, 36, of the 7200 block of Dowdy Street, 4:25 p.m.

Two men accused of sexually assaulting different victims were at