Updated: Man stabbed in neck in Morgan Hill fight
One of two suspects arrested in connection with the stabbing of
Lhermine hearing postponed
The arraignment for a Morgan Hill man charged with sexually assaulting four young children under his care at a YMCA facility on a local elementary school campus was continued at South County Courthouse, according to authorities. Nicolas Lhermine, 21 of Morgan Hill, is now scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 25, according to Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Stuart Scott. The arraignment follows a preliminary hearing on Lhermine’s case in August, in which a Superior Court judge determined prosecutors have enough evidence to put him on a trial before a jury. Lhermine faces a maximum penalty of life in prison on the charges he sexually assaulted the children, the oldest of whom was 7 years old. He is charged with lewd and lascivious acts with a child younger than 12, oral copulation on a child younger than 10, possession of child pornography and production of child pornography. He pleaded not guilty to the charges at a hearing in March.Lhermine is accused of assaulting the children at a daycare center run by the YMCA on the campus of Paradise Valley Elementary School in southwest Morgan Hill, according to authorities. He was arrested by Morgan Hill police July 12, 2013, and authorities think he victimized the children in the preceding weeks. A fifth alleged victim in the wide-ranging case is a 17-year-old girl of whom investigators found nude pictures on Lhermine’s mobile phone, according to police. The girl was not affiliated with the YMCA program, but Lhermine knew her.Police arrested Lhermine after a 6-year-old girl under his care at the YMCA program told her parents and investigators that he forced her to engage in inappropriate contact in the bathroom of the daycare site, authorities said. During the initial investigation, police found the pictures of the 17-year-old girl. During a follow-up investigation that included assistance from YMCA staff who reached out to the parents of all children who had ever been under Lhermine’s care at the YMCA, authorities identified three more alleged female victims - ages 3, 5 and 7 at the time of the incidents, police said.The suspect worked as a child care aide at the YMCA day care facility during the alleged assaults and has held numerous positions—including youth soccer coach—in his four years of employment at the YMCA, according to authorities.
Campbell husband, wife die in apparent pre-planned murder-suicide
The bodies of a husband and wife who had a preexisting agreement to take their own lives if one was unable to take care of the other were discovered last week in Campbell, according to a news release issued Tuesday by the Campbell Police Department.
PG&E: Beware of telephone scam
The PG&E is warning customers of a telephone scam making its way across the Bay area, where scammers demand immediate payment for electricity bills they claim are past due - or else the utilities will be turned off, according to a press release from the Gilroy Police Department.
Pot dispensary looks to open in Hollister
A representative from a marijuana dispensary informed Hollister
Update: Gilroy man died in car wreck on Hwy. 25
A 31-year-old Gilroy man died in the early Friday morning car wreck on Highway 25 near U.S. 101, according to the California Highway Patrol, who released his name and the names of those involved on Monday afternoon.