Crime

Police arrested two people on suspicion of possession of counterfeit currency Tuesday when one of them allegedly purchased items at Target using a fake $100 bill. Morgan Hill police responded to Target, 1066 Cochrane Road, about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday on a report of a woman who used a suspicious $100 bill to purchase items at the store, according to a press release from MHPD. When officers arrived, they were told the woman, later identified as Shazda McCormick, 24 of Union City, was seen entering a white Cadillac in the store’s parking lot, police said. The vehicle was located in the same shopping center, in front of the Staples store. Officers contacted employees of Staples who told them McCormick made a purchase in that store using a counterfeit $100 bill, police said. McCormick was contacted by police as she attempted to leave Staples, according to the press release. A second suspect, Marcell West, 22 of Union City, was located inside the white Cadillac. A search revealed West had six more counterfeit $100 bills inside his pants pocket. McCormick and West were booked at Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of passing counterfeit currency, police said. A number of downtown Morgan Hill retailers last week reported incidents of customers trying to pass counterfeit $100 bills. It is unclear if the suspects arrested Tuesday are related to the reported counterfeit incidents last week. Anyone with information about this incident can call Morgan Hill Police at (408) 779-2101. 

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

Grand theft

GILROY

The Gilroy Police Department has released security photos of a man wanted for robbing a local Walmart of more than $3,000. And it's asking the public to help locate him.

Morgan Hill police arrested two men staying at a local hotel on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine Sunday, and a search of one of the suspects’ home in Gilroy yielded two more arrests, according to a press release from the Morgan Hill Police Department. Officers contacted Greg Harrison, 49, and Tracey Mason, 43, at the Executive Inn on the 16000 block of Condit Road Sunday night, according to police. Police searched their room after officers learned Harrison was on active probation. Inside the hotel room, police found a fanny pack containing about 4.5 ounces of methamphetamine, police said. Harrison and Mason were arrested on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine, packaging materials used for the sale of narcotics and being under the influence of a controlled substance. Later Sunday night, MHPD officers and Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputies went to Harrison’s home on the 2000 block of Bloomfield Road in Gilroy to conduct a search of the residence, the press release said. During that search, officers located wanted subject Jeraymond Luna, 25 of Hollister, and Eric Harrison, 29 of Gilroy, who was allegedly in possession of narcotics. All four subjects were later booked at Santa Clara County Jail. Anyone with information about this incident can contact MHPD at (408) 779-2101, or the anonymous tip line at (408) 947-7867. 

The Gilroy woman found guilty of second-degree murder on July 30 for killing her daughter and husband in an alcohol and drug-fueled car crash will spend the next three decades inside a California prison.

The Gilroy Fire Department released an update: