Crime

A growing number of dead and mutilated animals reportedly found within a few blocks in central Gilroy over the past year have residents fearing there may be a serial abuser in the neighborhood. Gilroy Police say that of the few incidents that have been reported...

Gilroy

May 3 • A DUI collision was reported on the 8300 block of Monterey Street at midnight. • Vandalism was reported on the 700 block of Dartmouth Place. • Gilroy Police made a warrant arrest on the 900 block of Monte Bello Drive at 10am. • A collision...

Police say a threat of violence toward “GHS” on social media was directed toward a school in Los Angeles, not Gilroy. However, classes at Gilroy High School have been canceled Friday “out of an abundance of caution,” Gilroy Unified School District Superintendent Deborah Flores said. During...

Gilroy police blotter Jan. 10 through Jan. 17, 2012.

A registered sex offender was arrested Dec. 13 in Gilroy for illegally making contact with a minor during a compliance sweep conducted by a multi-jurisdictional task force, according to a press release from the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.

“Frosty” Allmond, charged in the Jan. 6 stabbing of Pinocchio’s pizza restaurant owner Sal Oliveri, has a long history of homelessness, drug abuse—and knife attacks, according to authorities in several states. “Frosty’s” full name is Marcus Anthony Allmond. In ancient Rome, Marcus Antonius, perhaps better...

Two pit bulls went on an animal killing spree at 1:10 p.m. Nov. 27, when the dogs found their way into the backyard of a home located on the 7500 block of Rosanna Street. The pit bulls killed the resident's dog, wandered into the street, killed a cat and attacked another dog. 

The 19 year-old Hollister man arrested by police April 5 for