Crime

Five South Valley men, including two from Gilroy and two from San Martin, were charged with running a $235,948 insurance scam where they faked 18 car accidents and billed insurance companies for work that was never done. Brothers Angel Topete, 36, and Joshua Topete, 34,...

The Gilroy Police Department was involved in a high speed chase Friday, according to Gilroy Police Sgt. Joseph Deras.

A man who reportedly fired his gun at officers during an hours-long standoff in unincorporated Gilroy was taken into custody Sunday afternoon after he was shot by police as he began to charge at them. A Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy was hit during the...

A guest at a local motel told police that someone shot at them with a crossbow or similar weapon on Dec. 11, according to authorities.

Authorities recently charged a man with murder in relation to the February 2023 drug overdose death of a Morgan Hill woman.  On March 1, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office charged Benjamin Nathan Williams, 34, of San Jose with one count of murder and...

GILROY—With three suspects accused of the Feb. 16 slaying and robbery of Gilroy’s Robert Heiser behind bars, one piece of the puzzle remains missing. Isabella Aurora Chaidez, a 17-year-old San Jose woman wanted in connection to his murder and at least one other violent crime in the Bay area, is still on the lam, according to Gilroy police.

The Gilroy Police Department recently responded to a variety of crimes this week, including aggravated sexual assault against a child, first-degree burglary and inflicting bodily injury on a spouse or cohabitant. The arrests were recorded in the GPD blotter April 15 through 22. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

Hollister Police arrested a suspect believed to be responsible for a string of commercial burglaries that occurred over the last week.