Crime

Gilroy’s first box to have people donate food and give it to others for free was vandalized last week. Someone ripped off the left door. The box on Monterey Street near El Charrito Market was the result of three good Samaritans who want to help people in need.

April 1

From the SC Sheriff's Dept.:

On June 15, the Gilroy/Morgan Hill Unified SWAT Team served two search warrants in connection with the shooting that took place on May 26, 2017, in the 6400 block of Hyde Park. The victim is currently recovering from the serious injuries he received that night.

A man who was arrested for the May 26 home invasion of a Gilroy family has been rearrested after a search warrant was served at his San Jose home.

Today, around 6 a.m., a southbound Union Pacific locomotive struck a pedestrian who sustained fatal injuries along the Coast Subdivision near 10th Street in Gilroy. There were no other injuries reported and the the incident is currently under investigation.

Two Gilroy teenagers face up to 24 years in prison in a case that almost killed one and might rank as the city’s dumbest-ever botched robbery.

Sierra LaMar killer Antolin Garcia Torres was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the 2012 murder.