Second suspect arrested in Gilroy killing
GILROY—A San Jose man is behind bars and charged with the killing of Robert Heiser while police continue the hunt for a third suspect in what investigators now say was murder and robbery by a “criminal street gang.”
$25,000 reward offered in puppy’s death
A Gilroy woman’s big donation has raised to $25,000 the reward offered to catch the person who threw a puppy and its nursing mother trapped in sandbags from a moving car, killing the pup.
GUSD responds to demand to expel Audrie Pott’s attacker
GILROY—Gilroy Unified School District will not expel a Christopher High School senior who transferred here after he was involved in a sexual attack shared on social media and that lead to the victim’s suicide.
Teen sought in Heiser slaying
GILROY— In Gilroy’s first murder of 2015, police have charged a San Jose woman, 19, with the Feb. 16 killing of Robert Heiser, 56, in his home and are hunting for a 17-year-old girl they believe was one of as many as three accomplices.
San Jose woman charged in Gilroy’s first homicide of 2015
UPDATE: For the latest story on the developing homicide case, click here.
Police rule suspicious death a homicide
UPDATE: For the latest story on the developing homicide case, click here.
Police investigate ‘suspicious death’
UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 56-year-old Robert Joseph Heiser, of Gilroy. For the latest story on the developing case police have ruled a homicide, click here.
Gilroy’s Most Wanted
Authorities are asking anyone with information concerning these individuals to call the Gilroy Police Department at (408) 846-0350.
Parents of Audrie Pott demand expulsions
GILROY—The parents of a Saratoga teen who killed herself in 2012 after photos were taken and shared online of her being sexually abused while unconscious have called for the expulsion of the trio that pleaded guilty last year to the crime.
Police blotter: Eluding a pursuing officer, DUI
The Gilroy Police Department made arrests for a wide range of crimes this past week, including failure to register as a sex offender, embezzlement, carrying a concealed firearm and eluding a pursuing police officer. Arrests were recorded in the GPD blotter between Jan. 31 and Feb. 8. Following a shift in official policy, the Dispatch will no longer be publishing the names of suspects as they appear in the arrest logs for the purposes of the police blotter.
