Crime

Gilroy Police had a successful night with five arrests for drunk driving as  part of the DUI checkpoint they conducted on Monterey Road at Howson Street on Friday night.

Resisting, delaying, obstructing an officer

A fire that started around 7:30 p.m. Sunday destroyed a barn

Ralph Urbancic, 50, transient, 7:12 a.m. Thursday, near Las

The owner of a furniture store, with locations in Gilroy, San Jose and Vacaville, was arrested Sept. 3 and charged with stealing more than $20,000 from customers, according to a press release from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.

Accused sex offender and hit and run suspect Alejandro R. Cortez

Police arrested two people outside a Morgan Hill hotel after finding drugs and stolen credit cards in the room they were renting, according to a press release from Morgan Hill Police Department. On Sunday, Morgan Hill police contacted Kristina Jeffrey, 33 of San Martin, in the parking lot of the Executive Inn on the 16000 block of Condit Road, police said. Jeffrey was on searchable probation, authorities said. Officers located an ounce of methamphetamine, an ounce of marijuana and stolen credit cards in her hotel room and vehicle. Police also contacted Jorge Hernandez, 30 of Morgan Hill, at the hotel, and he was also arrested on suspicion of being under the influence of a controlled substance. Jeffrey and Hernandez were booked at Santa Clara County Jail on suspicion of possession of narcotics, being under the influence of a controlled substance and possession of stolen property, police said. Anyone with information about this case can call Morgan Hill Police at (408) 779-2101 or the anonymous tip line at (408) 947-7867. 

The Gilroy Fire Department, South Santa Clara County Fire