Remembering Lynn Shimek: ‘Make the loss matter’
An English historian named Thomas Fuller once observed,
UPDATED: Hit-and-run victim remains comatose
Joshua Valdez, the young man who was found lying unconscious near a Morgan Hill intersection with numerous broken bones, remains in a coma following what police think is the result of a hit-and-run accident.
Police blotter: Criminal threats resulting in grave bodily injury
The Gilroy Police Department recently responded to a variety of crimes, including first-degree burglary, making criminal threats resulting in grave bodily injury and grand theft. Arrests were recorded in the GPD blotter May 28 through June 4. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.
Man arrested on suspicion of stealing vehicle, running from police
A Morgan Hill man driving a stolen vehicle tried to run from police and fought with an officer before he was arrested Thursday, according to a press release from the Morgan Hill Police Department.A Morgan Hill patrol officer located a stolen Honda driving north on Monterey Road Thursday morning, police said. The officer attempted to pull the vehicle over but the driver led police on a brief high-speed chase. The driver, later identified as James Nickell, 41 of Morgan Hill, lost control of the vehicle while attempting to make a sharp turn on Glen Ayre Drive, police said. The vehicle went up a dirt embankment and rolled back down. Nickell exited the vehicle and attempted to flee on foot, but he was tackled and fought with the officer, police said. Nickell was arrested and booked at Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of narcotics, assaulting an officer, failure to yield and committing a felony while out on bail, police said. Anyone with information about this incident can call Morgan Hill Police Department at (408) 779-2101 or the anonymous tip line at (408) 947-7867.
Man charged with attempted murder to stand trial
The man police believe shot into a car full of people, injuring
Police incidents: Christmas Hill Park fields and baseball diamond vandalized
A vandal or vandals drove a vehicle across the lawns and
Police blotter: San Jose woman found with forged papers
Rebecca Bretherick, 36, of San Jose, 4:30 p.m. Thursday, at 6320
Gilroy Police revisit 2015 murder case with suspect still at large
Due to “new interest” in the 2015 murder of Robert Heiser, Gilroy Police are again asking the public for assistance finding a woman who allegedly helped rob and kill the victim but has evaded capture for more than a decade.
The female suspect, Isabella Chaidez,...
