Police: Professor shot, dismembered ex-wife
Investigators are alleging that a distinguished professor from the Naval Postgraduate School shot his ex-wife before dismembering her body at his Monterey home neighboring the campus.
Chief violated state law on gun storage
Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee acknowledged he didn’t follow the state law or his own department’s policy when he left his service handgun in his personal truck just before the vehicle was stolen in Modesto April 27.
Shortly after the theft, the city’s top law...
Officer shoots at wanted felon who drove at officer
An officer shot at a wanted felon when the fugitive sped off
Updated: Brush fire under investigation
Fire officials continue to search for the cause of last week's
Gilroy man stabbed to death Friday morning
Gilroy Police are trying to identify the suspect or suspects who stabbed 29-year-old Johnathan Arroyo Rivera to death just after midnight Friday.
Passenger in critical condition following DUI-related crash
An impaired driver faces felony charges after her 17-year-old
Torture victim’s family speaks after plea hearing
Several months after being severely tortured by three intruders
UPDATED: Husband charged with homicide, manhunt continues for second suspect
A Gilroy-based doctor was charged with the April murder of his wife, Doris Mae Knapp, June 9 and police are searching for another man wanted in connection with her death.
Police incidents: Jan 12 – 16
Gilroy Police arrested several people from Jan. 12 through Jan. 16, including a person for possessing cocain and tear gas. Read the arrest log at left for more details.
Body found in motorhome a “suspicious death”
The elderly man whose dead body was found in a motorhome on West Eighth Street last month has been labeled a "suspicious death" by the Gilroy Police Department.Â
