Crime

A 51-year-old Gilroy woman, Anita Sharma, is one of three Bay Area residents charged with mail fraud, bank fraud and false statements on a loan and credit application, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Joshua Valdez, 22, the Morgan Hill resident who was critically injured in a hit-and-run accident last month, is no longer comatose and recently started speech therapy at San Jose Regional Medical Center.

A resident of San Martin called police after stumbling across

Annoying or molesting a child

Oct. 2 • A vehicle was reported stolen on the 8400 block of Monterey Street and 7900 block of Monterey Street. • Burglary was reported on the 5800 block of Monterey Road. Oct. 3 • Police responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon on...

The Gilroy Police Department responded to a variety of crimes this week, including sodomy with a person younger than 16, possession of a controlled substance for sale, first-degree burglary and assault with a deadly weapon. Arrests were recorded in this week's GPD blotter from Dec. 2 through 9.

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...