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January 16, 2026

Police blotter, March 1-7, 2021: Burglary, ‘malicious mischief’

March 1 • Police responded to a sexual offense report on the 9500 block of Rancho Hills Drive at 1am. • A vehicle was stolen on the 4300 block of Monterey Road. • A vehicle collision resulting in injury occurred on the 8100 block of Murray Avenue...

Former sheriff’s captain convicted of bribery in gun permit scandal

A Superior Court jury on July 17 found former Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Capt. James Jensen guilty of felony bribery and conspiracy charges in connection with a gun permit bribery scandal. The same jury acquitted co-defendant Harpaul Nahal, a Santa Clara attorney, of both charges...

Audrie Pott wrongful death lawsuit settled

GILROY—The parents of Audrie Pott, a 15-year-old Saratoga girl who took her own life in 2012 after three teen boys sexually assaulted and humiliated her reached a settlement Friday in a wrongful death suit against the defendants’ families.

The downtown beat

The downtown foot detail typically consists of two officers on an overtime assignment. They walk the neighborhood from 6pm to 11pm almost every Friday and Saturday night from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day.

Police say suspect tried to kill man in Hollister robbery

Police arrested a Vallejo woman who fled through multiple cities after she allegedly stole from a victim in Hollister and tried to kill him as she drove away, according to authorities.  About 6:40pm March 18, Hollister Police responded to a report of a woman driving...

Human remains found north of Morgan Hill identified

The human remains found in the area of Bailey Avenue and Santa

Police blotter: Aug. 6-13

Gilroy police arrests Aug. 6 - Aug. 13

UPDATED: Girl “lured” into prostitution speaks out in court

For the first time since Gilroy police busted up an alleged prostitution ring in January involving a 13-year-old girl, the victim has testified against the man the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office says "lured" her into having sex for money with different men in Salinas and Seaside motels.

Owner of 9Lives Club in Gilroy pleads no contest to embezzlement, grand theft

The former executive director of the Morgan Hill Downtown Association pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that he embezzled funds from the nonprofit organization while he was employed there.

Teen dead in possible suicide

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