Crime

After responding to repeated calls over the last several months regarding loud explosions throughout Morgan Hill, police recently arrested a local man who had illegal fireworks and explosive devices at his home, according to authorities. The suspect, Joseph Robert Adona, 25, was also in possession...

A 31-year-old San Jose man has been arrested on suspicion of the killing of a 24-year-old woman in Morgan Hill in March, according to police. Officers doing a welfare check at a home in the 16000 block of Monterey Road on March 6 found the...

A 74-year-old Santa Clara County Main Jail inmate in San Jose died Saturday after being found unresponsive in his jail cell during a welfare check.  The man, who was housed alone, was found unresponsive in his cell in the jail's 2B dorm unit at about...

Santa Clara County’s elected sheriff and the department’s second-in-command invoked their right against self-incrimination instead of answering questions from prosecutors before a criminal grand jury earlier this month.

Morgan Hill resident Ava Geddes was convicted last week in Santa Clara County Superior Court on charges that she allowed numerous cats to die or become sick while the animals were in her care. Geddes pleaded no contest to one count of felony animal cruelty...

Auto burglary A thief or thieves broke into a white Lexus parked at Starbucks, 251 Vineyard Town Center. Stolen from the vehicle were an IBM tablet and a backpack. The crime was reported 5:57am May 24. Theft An adult male stole several candy bars from the Chevron,...

Morgan Hill Police recovered a concealed handgun and two other illegal firearms following a traffic stop at a local park, according to authorities. At 12:10pm Aug. 22, a Morgan Hill Police officer on routine patrol observed a suspicious vehicle parked at Community Park, off West...

The busy rumbling of commuter motor traffic on the Monterey Road thoroughfare is not compatible with the downtown Morgan Hill outdoor life—according to city officials and business owners—and the police department is taking action. Last week, the Morgan Hill Police Department announced that it would...

Morgan Hill’s city manager has named Police Capt. Shane Palsgrove as the department’s interim chief, starting April 4.

A Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy was killed early Saturday morning by a suspected DUI driver on State Highway 87 in San Jose, according to the sheriff's office.  Deputy Arturo Romero, a 24-year member of the sheriff's office, was driving home to Gilroy after his...