Crime

At the end of the 2013/2014 winter holiday DUI crackdown, Santa Clara County law enforcement reported 452 motorists arrested on suspicion of impaired driving during the two-week effort. The arrests were made from Dec. 13 to Jan. 1, by officers from 13 agencies in the County, according to a press release from the Sheriff’s Office. The arrests were part of the annual “Avoid the 13” campaign to crack down on driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The arrests were the result of DUI checkpoints, saturation patrols and routine patrols by officers throughout the County, assisted by a grant from state and federal authorities, according to the press release. During the same winter holiday period a year ago, authorities reported 458 arrests on suspicion of DUI throughout the County, according to the press release. Police will be conducting further DUI crackdown efforts in the coming weeks, on Super Bowl Sunday in February, and on St. Patrick’s Day in March, according to authorities. The Avoid the 13 campaign is funded by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Motorists who suspect a fellow motorist of driving impaired on Santa Clara County roads may call 911 to report the incident. 

The Gilroy Police Department responded to a bank robbery at approximately 3:49 p.m. Tuesday at the Union Bank located at 8000 Santa Teresa Blvd., according to a press release from the department. No injuries were reported during the robbery.

A 21-year-old man was formally charged with murder in the Christmas Day killing of a woman who had a restraining order against him - marking the Garlic Capital's third murder this year, according to the Gilroy Police Department.

The Gilroy Police Department responded to a variety of crimes this week, including a Christmas day murder, driving infractions, corporal injury and grand theft. Arrests were recorded in this week's GPD blotter from Dec. 12 to Dec. 26.

Officers representing 13 county law enforcement agencies arrested 316 individuals for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs from Dec. 13 through Dec 25.

Here's your weekly digest of criminal happenings in Gilroy, including multiple auto burglaries, possession of a controlled substance, recovery of a stolen vehicle and credit card fraud.

Former Gilroy resident Aaron Carlon was sentenced to five and a half years in prison on Monday, Dec. 9 after he pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California San Jose Division to one of two felony counts of child pornography.

Items in this blotter recorded from the Santa Clara County Sheriff's substation in San Martin.

Here's your weekly digest of criminal happenings in Gilroy, including a string of vehicle thefts on the same day, an alleged robbery at gunpoint and a man who was arrested for driving under the influence after trying to evade a DUI checkpoint.

The Gilroy Police Department responded to a variety of crimes this week, including possession of a weapon on school grounds, grand theft, burglary and battery against an elder or dependent. Arrests were recorded in this week's GPD blotter from Dec. 10 through 19.