Crime

An armed robbery and car chase that began in San Jose culminated on southbound U.S. 101 just before the 10th Street off-ramp Tuesday around 11:30 a.m.

The biological father of missing Morgan Hill teen Sierra LaMar, Steve LaMar of Fremont, is a registered sex crimes offender, according to the state Megan’s Law web site. But deputies do not consider him a suspect in the disappearance of Sierra LaMar, 15, who has been missing since Friday morning.

Sheriff’s deputies began conducting dozens of interviews with Morgan Hill and Fremont teens who might know anything about Sobrato High School sophomore Sierra LaMar, who was reported missing Friday.

Gilroy police have suspended the search for the body of Martha Gutierrez, 52, who they believe was shot and killed inside a car by her son Abel Gutierrez, 27. She was last seen Tuesday, the day before her 11-year-old daughter Lucero Luna-Gutierrez was murdered by Abel in their apartment off Kern Avenue in northwest Gilroy. Abel, an Iraq war veteran who apparently was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, then shot and killed himself.

Sheriff’s deputies began conducting dozens of interviews with Morgan Hill and Fremont teens who might know anything about Sobrato High School sophomore Sierra LaMar, who was reported missing Friday.

Emergency responders used the Jaws of Life to rescue two severely injured family members from an overturned blue Honda Accord on Hecker Pass Road about a mile from Pole Line Road on Sunday morning.

The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Department is asking for the community's help in finding a missing Morgan Hill teen, Sierra Lamar. 

The former San Jose police officer from Gilroy charged with illegal sexual contact with two teen boys pleaded “no contest” to two counts Thursday afternoon.