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March 20, 2026

Vigil Wednesday night for missing teen Sierra LaMar

Volunteers as well as friends and family of Sierra LaMar will have a vigil at City Hall Wednesday to raise funds for the ongoing efforts to find the missing teen, and to bring awareness to her disappearance which is approaching the six-month mark.

Police briefs: Copper piping theft and man punches woman at pizza parlor

Police responded to several incidents of car theft this week, as well as random acts of violence at various Gilroy businesses, both at the expected locals – such as a bar in the early hours of the morning – and the unexpected - a pizza parlor around lunchtime. Here are a few standout events:

Boxing champ Robert Guerrero’s home burglarized

A suspect broke into boxing champion Robert Guerrero’s home on Dowdy Street two weeks ago, stealing a shotgun and professional boxing equipment.

Plea hearing continued for suspect in Sierra case

Antolin Garcia Torres, the Morgan Hill man accused of murdering missing cheerleader Sierra LaMar, did not appear in court Wendesday afternoon after the public defender’s office was granted a continuance of the plea hearing until Sept. 26.

Sheriff’s arrests: Assault with a piece of fruit

Santa Clara County Sheriff’s blotter

Updated: Body of man found behind Mi Pueblo identified

Gilroy paramedics pronounced a man dead after a Gilroy man taking his routine morning walk discovered a bloody body lying in the bushes behind Mi Pueblo grocery store on First Street and Wayland Lane around 7:45 a.m. Wednesday. 

Gilroy man arrested for molesting young girls

Constantino Garcia, 59 of Gilroy, was arrested in his home at 5:50 a.m. on Aug. 19 on the 1100 block of Driftwood Terrace for five counts of lewd and lascivious acts on three young children.

Subway sandwich shop robbed at gunpoint Thursday night

At 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 23, Subway on Welburn Avenue was robbed by gunpoint when a man entered the restaurant and pointed a handgun at employees, demanding they give him all the money in the register.

Garlic Festival embezzlement investigation still active

Three weeks after the Garlic Festival reported $18,000 in cash missing from their ticket booth, the alleged embezzlement continues to be actively investigated by Gilroy Police.

Sierra’s suspect scheduled to plea Wednesday

Antolin Garcia Torres, the Morgan Hill man accused of murdering missing cheerleader Sierra LaMar, will appear in court Wednesday for a plea hearing.

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