Crime

At least two courtrooms full of spectators—including the family of Sierra LaMar and dozens of volunteers who have been searching for her for the last five years—let out an audible gasp of relief May 9 when they heard the jury found Antolin Garcia Torres guilty of the Morgan Hill teen’s murder.

On May 6, members of the Gilroy Police Department’s Anti-Crime Team were proactively patrolling for criminal activity. During this time, they saw a male (Jose Martinez, 26-years-old) driving a vehicle and recognized him as being a gang member and a wanted felon.

Two Gilroy massage parlors were busted April 27 for soliciting prostitution, after citizen complaints.

William Harmon, 26, died Monday on Highway 101 after his motorcycle hit a delivery truck around 4 p.m., just before the exit for Highway 25.

For the second time in less than a week, a motorcyclist died April 19 in a traffic collision at the intersection of Leavesley and Holsclaw roads in Gilroy, according to authorities.

Richard “Ricky” Luciano Martinez, 53, of Gilroy, died Saturday when his Harley Davidson motorcycle crashed into a car making a turn on Leavesley Road, according to a California Highway Patrol report.

Gilroy Police are investigating several pieces of graffiti at 7101 Monterey Street that appear to be a death threat against a California Highway Patrol officer.

A Gilroy man called police at 1 a.m. Thursday and told them he saw someone tagging graffiti downtown businesses with a permanent marker.

A 26-year-old Gilroy High School teacher who pleaded no contest to 19 felonies for soliciting naked pictures from students could be sentenced to 16 months in prison in March and will be labeled a sexual predator for life.