Gilroy woman accused of stealing more than $1M from law firm
A Gilroy woman and her father are accused of embezzling more than $1 million from a law firm where the woman worked as an office manager, according to authorities.
Dominguez to be sentenced in October
The former Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education trustee charged with swindling $52,000 from a leading South County nonprofit; using campaign donations for personal expenses; and defrauding an international engineering firm out of “tens of thousands of dollars” for meetings that supposedly never occurred; will appear at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 17 for probation and sentencing in Dept. 38 at the Hall of Justice in San Jose.
Homeless man caught masturbating in woman’s backyard
Police arrested a homeless man Monday morning after a woman woke
Updated: Policeman shoots at car, wanted felon in defense
A police officer shot at two men in a car when the driver
Police blotter: Woman taken on warrant for fraudulently obtaining food stamps
Maria Hill, 44, of the 7500 block of Chestnut Street, 10:58 p.m.
Forty-three Garlic Press criminals sentenced
Forty-three of the 46 federally charged suspects from Operation Garlic Press - the 39-agency, 16-month undercover investigation led by Gilroy Police in 2011 - have been sentenced to terms in prison ranging from six months to 20 years.
County reports ‘surge’ in fentanyl overdoses
Law enforcement authorities are warning the public about the dangers of fentanyl after a surge of overdoses on the powerful opioid drug in recent weeks.
That surge includes seven deaths among homeless residents in San Jose in the last three weeks, and a fatal Aug....
Updated: Wildfire near Coe Park 80 percent contained
A wildfire that has burned about 570 acres near the eastern side
