Crime

Divers returned to South County ponds and reservoirs in the ongoing search for Sierra LaMar this week, this time with sonar technology that can detect items far below the surface without requiring constant or prolonged diving, authorities said.

The plea hearing of Otto Emil Koloto, 22, the Gilroy man accused

A second doctor has found Pete Valdez III mentally unfit for

Sierra LaMar, 15, remains missing 11 days since she was last seen before leaving to catch her school bus in Morgan Hill. The public is now being asked to volunteer in a search party organized by the KlaasKids Foundations that could attract hundreds of people.

The Gilroy Police Department made arrests for a variety of crimes this past week, including rape by force or violence, grand theft, assault with a deadly weapon and driving under the influence. All arrests were recorded in the GPD blotter between Nov. 23 and 30. All suspects remain innocent until proven guilty, and an appearance in the arrest log does not signify guilt for the listed crime/s.

A 75-year-old San Martin man was flown to the hospital with

Stacy Lonnberg said she slept for five hours, drank a Bloody Mary and popped an oxycodone on an empty stomach Jan. 14 before getting behind the wheel of her family’s Toyota Tacoma pickup. Less than an hour later, the allegedly drunken 51-year-old Gilroy woman zipped to speeds 20 mph above posted limits, sideswiped another vehicle while trying to change lanes and rolled her pickup on Highway 85 in Los Gatos, killing her husband and daughter, according to court documents obtained by the Dispatch.

The Morgan Hill man accused of dragging his sick dog across a