Crime

A 3,400 plant rural marijuana operation – that police estimate is worth $10.2 million – turned into a violent crime scene Thursday morning when deputies shot a Hispanic man associated with a pot farm operation near Mount Madonna County Park south of Highway 152 before arresting him several hours later.

Volunteers are urged to join the search for Sierra LaMar or any evidence pointing to her whereabouts Saturday.

Two Salinas men charged with robbing two Hollister stores and leading police on a chase that ended with the death of another suspected assailant have accepted plea deals with expected, respective prison terms of 15 and 20 years, according to court records.

A Gilroy man turned himself in to police after he allegedly stabbed a Morgan Hill man causing life-threatening injuries.

Santa Clara County sheriff’s investigators will be “wrapping up” a water search this week for Sierra LaMar or any evidence related to the kidnapping case, using new, high-tech sonar detection equipment that they have had access to in previous weeks.

A 62-year-old Morgan Hill woman was found dead inside her trailer at the Thousand Trails RV Park in an unincorporated area near Morgan Hill Thursday afternoon, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office who conducted the investigation. Authorities have ruled out foul play and say Alberta Silva, 62, died from natural causes.

Bruce Woolpert, president & CEO of Graniterock Company, died Sunday afternoon in a boating accident in Tahoe.

Police arrested a 28-year-old woman on suspicion of causing the hit-and-run accident late last Friday that sent pedestrian Joshua Valdez, 22, to the hospital with numerous broken bones.