Tag: santa clara county california
Jail, probation for woman who abandoned daughter at Safeway
Marcy Erico, the woman accused of abandoning her 10-year-old daughter at a Morgan Hill Safeway store after a botched shoplifting attempt, was formally sentenced to 60 days in jail plus three years probation at South County Courthouse Monday.
UPDATE: County supervisor resigns, citing criminal charges
Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa announced he will resign from office, citing his intention to plead guilty to charges filed by authorities Friday related to Shirakawa’s failure to file campaign finance reports and “inappropriate use of (his) county credit card,” according to a resignation letter he submitted Friday morning.
UPDATED: Man found dead in west MH home identified
Wesley Painter, 29 of Gilroy, whose lifeless body was located in a west Morgan Hill home while police were investigating an unrelated incident, is not considered a victim of foul play, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Sgt. Jose Cardoza said.
Former GUSD trustee pleads ‘not guilty’ to felony grand theft
Francisco Dominguez, a former Gilroy Unified School District trustee who is charged with two counts of felony grand theft after he allegedly embezzled more than $52,000 from a leading South County social services agency, appeared in court for a plea hearing Tuesday morning at the Hall of Justice in San Jose.
Santa Clara man dies in motorcycle crash on 25
A 66-year man from Santa Clara died in a scooter crash Tuesday on Highway 25 in southern San Benito County, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Homicide suspect possibly spotted in Gilroy
This week, police arrested several people for narcotics related crimes, petty theft, and are on the lookout for a San Jose homicide suspect. Here are a few events worth noting:
Gilroy, Morgan Hill to benefit from county’s $1M public health grant
The Santa Clara County Public Health Department and its community partners will focus on improving the health of some of the county’s small communities, thanks to a new federal grant of $1,027,931.
Doctor charged with illegal drug sales
A top administrator of Santa Clara County’s health plan was charged with 18 felonies this week, accused of trading prescriptions for addictive drugs - including Oxycontin - in return for cash and methamphetamine, according to authorities from the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s office.
MH teen wrote ‘bomb’ on package left on bus, prompting evacuation...
A 15-year-old Morgan Hill teen wrote “bomb” on an empty package that he placed on a public transit bus in San Jose, prompting an evacuation, road closures and a Santa Clara County Bomb Squad investigation.
Recycling machine saves time on Santa Teresa repaving project
Five days of work to repave a section of Santa Teresa Boulevard were eliminated thanks to the use of a “cold-in-place” recycling process, according to the machine’s operator.
