Crime

Authorities have located an airplane that crashed off Pacheco Pass that may be the missing aircraft reported Sunday morning.

The Gilroy Police Department recently made arrests for a variety of crimes, including sex crimes against a minor, burglary, possession of a controlled substance for sale and inflicting bodily injury on a child. All arrests were recorded in the GPD blotter between Oct. 29 and Nov. 6. All suspects remain innocent until proven guilty, and an appearance in the arrest log does not signify guilt for the listed crime/s.

A press release from the Gilroy Police Department Thursday confirmed that both runaway juveniles—including 15-year-old Inoa Ulukou—have been located and were returned home safely.

Gilroy police discovered more than 550 marijuana plants inside a 5,000-square-foot warehouse on Monterey Street last week—valued at roughly $1 million, according to police.

A Gilroy man was struck by a vehicle while he was walking across U.S. 101 in south San Jose Oct. 26, according to police.

An Oct. 7 collision in Gilroy turned fatal after the driver of a motorcycle that smashed into another vehicle succumbed to his injuries last week, according to a press release from the Gilroy Police Department issued Thursday.

A barn east of Gilroy containing hundreds of wooden pallets caught fire early Wednesday morning, causing a section of road to be closed as firefighters batted back the flames. The fire, at a ranch on the 2700 block of Ferguson Road, was reported at approximately 4:30 a.m.

Authorities added another victim to the criminal complaint against Paradise Valley Elementary School teacher John Loyd, 52 of Hollister, and a judge denied the suspected child molester’s request to reduce bail at an Oct. 20 hearing. Loyd remains in custody at Santa Clara County Jail with no bail, on charges that he sexually assaulted three female victims. At least one of the children was a student at Paradise Valley who was assaulted by Loyd in his fifth-grade classroom, according to authorities.Investigators have declined to release any further information about the other two victims.Loyd pleaded not guilty to a total of five charges at the Oct. 20 hearing at South County Courthouse, where Superior Court Judge Alfonso Fernandez heard and denied his request to reduce bail. With the latest charge added to the list of allegations against Loyd Oct. 20, he now faces five counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a child, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. Each charge carries a penalty of 15 years to life in prison. Loyd was arrested by Morgan Hill police Oct. 2, after a student at Paradise Valley reported to another staff member that the teacher made inappropriate contact with her. The ongoing investigation has found that Loyd made similar contact with two other students, according to authorities. Loyd has been a teacher at MHUSD since 2000. He has taught at Paradise Valley Elementary School since 2008.The Morgan Hill Unified School District placed Loyd on administrative leave immediately after his arrest, according to MHUSD staff. As of his first court appearance Oct. 7, that leave has been unpaid. Loyd’s next hearing is scheduled for Nov. 13 to set a preliminary hearing date.