Tag: police
Man arrested after frightening residents
Police arrested a transient man who frightened a teenager with a knife in search of his sister in Morgan Hill.
DUI checkpoints slated for this weekend
The Gilroy Police Department plans to conduct a DUI a driver’s license checkpoint between 9 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. today at an undisclosed location and the California Highway Patrol will conduct one Saturday in South County.
Alleged landscape scammer arrested
About a month after police launched an investigation into the man who roams around door-to-door in Santa Clara County, allegedly looking for victims who will pay him upfront for landscaping he doesn’t complete, police arrested the alleged “landscape scammer” Monday night in Gilroy.
MH man arrested with cocaine
Unified Narcotic Enforcement Team and the Morgan Hill Police Department served a narcotic related search warrant at a residence in the 15800 block of Hill Road and arrested Thomas Hasty, 28.
Briefs: Police respond to music store burglary
Over the past week, police responded to several incidents of drug possession, burglaries and aggressive animals. Here are a few of those incidents:
GPD seizes 450 marijuana plants valued at $1.4 million
The Gilroy Police Department Anti-Crime Team executed a narcotics bust that resulted in the discovery of more than 450 illegal marijuana plants with an estimated street value of approximately $1.4 million.
Man accused of brandishing firearm at neighbor’s friend
A 70-year-old man brandished a handgun at a friend of his neighbor’s who he thought was too close to his home Saturday night, police said.
Sheriff’s department receives grant for DUI enforcement
The primary cause of deaths on local streets and highways remains drunken driving, according to the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s office and the ‘Avoid the 13’ DUI Task Force will keep up with its DUI enforcement in the county as a result of a recent $101,500 grant awarded by the California Office of Traffic Safety. The Sheriff’s office will administer the grant for the entire county on behalf of the Santa Clara County Police Chiefs’ Association.
The public has the right to know MHPD decisions
Morgan Hill Police Chief David Swing initiated an internal investigation shortly after it was brought to his attention that an officer posted “intimate photographs” from a suspect’s mobile phone to her Facebook account while she was detained. That was last July. But it took until early February before word got out that two officers were disciplined in the matter.
Updated: Jewelry thieves brandished guns, police say
The three suspects who robbed a south Morgan Hill jewelry store wore ski masks, and two of the men brandished handguns during the late-morning raid, police said.
