Crime

The Gilroy Police Department and City Council are concerned that a double-digit increase in crime between October 2011 and October 2012 is a direct result of legislation that lets felons out of prison without state supervision.

A big-rig struck a man laying in the right northbound lane of U.S 101 north of Buena Vista Avenue early this morning.

For the past six months, an Ohio-based consulting firm has been studying the way the Gilroy Police Department is organized-from how many patrol units are out canvassing the streets each day to the amount of time officers spend writing reports.

Three Hollister women and three Hollister girls experienced

Police arrested a Gilroy man in connection with an Oct. 12 shooting near Lewis and Forest streets, authorities said.  The shooting happened about 4:45pm, when a man driving a black Mercedes stopped near the intersection and fired several rounds into the air, Gilroy Police said...

A Gilroy man was one of six people indicted Wednesday in San

Property owners have multiple resources on the Web and by telephone to learn more about the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s annual fire prevention fees, according to a press release from CalFire.The outreach effort is being implemented as a result of Assembly Bill X1 29, which was signed into law July 2011, establishing a fee for fire prevention services in the 31 million acres of State Responsibility Area, according to the CalFire release. CalFire has established a website, www.firepreventionfee.org, which contains information about the fee, as well as helpful links to maps, the law language and answers to frequently asked questions. Also, a customer service call center is staffed Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., to further aid homeowners who have questions about the fire prevention fee. The call center number is 1-888-310-6447. The revenue generated from the fire prevention fee pays for vital fire prevention services within the SRA, according to CalFire. Fire prevention services funded by the fee include strategic fuel reduction activities, defensible space inspections, fire prevention engineering, emergency evacuation planning, fire prevention education, fire hazard severity mapping, implementation of the State’s and local fire plans, and fire related law enforcement activities such as fire cause determination and arson investigation. Under the law, the California Board of Equalization is responsible for collecting the fee, the CalFire press release says. The bills scheduled for mailing this year are for fiscal year 2012/2013. The fee applies to the homeowner of record as of July 1, 2012, for all habitable structures within the SRA. The BOE began mailing the fire prevention fee bills July 19, 2013. 

Gilroy Police arrested a suspected burglar who barricaded himself in a house and then jumped out a second-floor window to escape.On 12/10/2016, at about 3:40 pm, officers were dispatched to a report of a burglary that just occurred on the 8900 block of Del Rio Circle.  While an officer was on scene investigating the crime, a suspect ran from the backyard and climbed over a fence.  Officers chased him on foot and a perimeter was established.  Officers learned he had broken into an occupied house on Ronan Avenue and was hiding upstairs. The residents were able to get out and notify the police. Officers entered the residence and could hear the suspect upstairs.  He attempted to jump out of the second story window but decided not to when confronted by police outside the home.  The suspect refused to come downstairs and he started barricading himself in a room. As police tried to negotiate with the suspect, he decided make his escape and jumped out of the second story bathroom window into the backyard. The officers that were positioned in the backyard ordered him to the ground and he did not comply.  He violently resisted arrest and was eventually taken into custody.  An officer was injured during the arrest and was treated at a local area hospital and released.  During the investigation it was determined the suspect had committed a total of five residential burglaries in the same neighborhood.  The suspect was linked to the burglaries by several independent sources and evidence.  A handgun, which was stolen from one of the burglaries, was also recovered near the scene.  A large amount of stolen property was recovered and investigators are actively working with victims in an attempt to identify and return their property. The arrestee was identified as Tyre Anderson, an 18-year-old Gilroy resident. He was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail on several charges to include five counts of burglary. 

Morgan Hill police recovered about $7,000 worth of electronics equipment using a tracking application downloaded to one of the missing items.