Crime

A suspected Norteno gang member who escaped murder charges last summer after prosecutors dropped their pursuit of a controversial legal doctrine has been arrested again - this time on warrants for carrying a concealed knife and possession of a controlled substance, police said.

Gilroy police arrests Jan. 23 through Jan. 30, 2012.

Burglary suspect Jose Torres, 21 of Morgan Hill, surrendered to authorities after police issued a warrant for his arrest last week.

One of two suspects in the suspected Christmas theft of copper wire from a Hollister Pacific Gas & Electric facility has a jury trial scheduled for late February.

A veteran San Jose police officer from Gilroy charged in August with unlawful sexual contact with two teen boys won't know his trial start date for at least another month, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.

South County residents wary of smoke rising into the Friday afternoon sky shouldn't panic, according to CalFire.

Morgan Hill - Thursday's plea hearing for five suspects accused of shooting and killing 14-year-old Tara Romero last year was delayed.

A Gilroy woman who allegedly drove drunk and got into a car accident in Los Gatos Jan. 14 that killed her husband and daughter has been charged with murder, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office.

Charges of murder and assult with a deadly weapon were filed Jan. 25 against Russell Edward Garcia, 31, in connection with a 2010 home invasion in Gilroy that caused the death of an elderly man after he was severely beaten on the head with a baseball bat.

A Morgan Hill man was arrested after a brazen domestic violence assault and kidnapping that took place at a downtown bar, police said.