Crime

The body of a missing 71-year-old woman from Salinas was discovered in San Benito County near Highway 129, according to the Salinas Police Department.

A double-bed tractor trailer flipped over on Highway 152/Pacheco Pass near Frazier Lake Drive around 2:40 p.m. today, blocking traffic in both directions and causing drivers to turn around and find an alternate route.

While Gilroy residents celebrated the holiday weekend popping Champagne and toasting to their New Year's resolutions, local law enforcement officers chased down suspects and responded to a bevy of crimes they hope will be aberrations as 2012 rolls forward.

Drivers with unpaid traffic tickets are getting a holiday president from the state as superior courts in all 58 counties are offering a 50 percent discount on certain overdue debt.

For the first six months of 2012, motorists can receive up to 50-percent off their traffic ticket fines.

Mayhem

In 2011, several key cases in Gilroy were resolved in the

Maribel Mejia, the woman who caused a statewide panic when she accidentally kidnapped a Morgan Hill infant earlier this year, will be in court for a sentencing hearing Tuesday.

Hollister police have arrested a 28-year-old suspect after the stabbing homicide early on Christmas morning, according to a Hollister Police Department announcement.