Live Oak assistant principal to be arraigned on domestic violence charge
An assistant principal at Live Oak High School will be arraigned
Three engines deployed to warehouse fire Thursday morning
Three engines from each of Gilroy's three fire stations
Two arrested on suspicion of passing counterfeit money
Police arrested two people on suspicion of possession of counterfeit currency Tuesday when one of them allegedly purchased items at Target using a fake $100 bill. Morgan Hill police responded to Target, 1066 Cochrane Road, about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on a report of a woman who used a suspicious $100 bill to purchase items at the store, according to a press release from MHPD. When officers arrived, they were told the woman, later identified as Shazda McCormick, 24 of Union City, was seen entering a white Cadillac in the store’s parking lot, police said. The vehicle was located in the same shopping center, in front of the Staples store. Officers contacted employees of Staples who told them McCormick made a purchase in that store using a counterfeit $100 bill, police said. McCormick was contacted by police as she attempted to leave Staples, according to the press release. A second suspect, Marcell West, 22 of Union City, was located inside the white Cadillac. A search revealed West had six more counterfeit $100 bills inside his pants pocket. McCormick and West were booked at Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of passing counterfeit currency, police said. A number of downtown Morgan Hill retailers last week reported incidents of customers trying to pass counterfeit $100 bills. It is unclear if the suspects arrested Tuesday are related to the reported counterfeit incidents last week. Anyone with information about this incident can call Morgan Hill Police at (408) 779-2101.Â
Police seek information on shooting at Morgan Hill park
Police are looking for a suspect or suspects who shot a man at a Morgan Hill park early in the morning Jan. 5, according to authorities.
Search for Sierra continues in local reservoirs
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s dive team spent the day Thursday searching Anderson reservoir, the largest reservoir in the county, for any sign of missing teen Sierra LaMar.Â
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.
Woman avoids injury after car rolls down embankment
A 34-year-old Cupertino woman driving lost on Bolsa Road in
Sierra search center to ‘fine-tune’ strategies
The KlaasKids Foundation’s search director will return to Morgan Hill this week to evaluate the volunteer efforts to find missing teen Sierra LaMar, who disappeared March 16.
Burchell Road residents happy to be free of ‘terrorizing’ driver
After a year of being on the lookout for a white truck driven by
Crime briefs: Fight over prostitute, violent suspect caught by police dog
Gilroy Police responded to a number of crimes this week, both the violent and the just-plain-odd. Here is a sampling of those incidents: