Crime

Kate and Paolo D’Alessio thought their 15-month-old French bulldog, Sprinkles, was gone forever after a thief smashed the window of their vehicle and stole the pet outside a busy rest stop and gas station in east Santa Clara County.

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

Morgan Hill Police Chief David Swing, who began his law enforcement career at the local department about 25 years ago, was recently appointed the next chief of police for the City of Pleasanton.

A witness observed about five or six cars spinning doughnuts and racing in the Target parking lot.

A suspect or suspects fraudulently cashed two checks from a Morgan Hill victim’s account, stealing more than $2,600.

A red 1993 Honda Civic hatchback was stolen from a spot on Del Monte Avenue. The theft was reported at 9:15pm Dec. 25.

Morgan Hill Police are investigating reports of shots fired on Cosmo Avenue Friday afternoon.

A woman who had been arrested the previous night in Watsonville reported to Morgan Hill police Nov. 10 that someone stole her vehicle.

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office will partner with the Gilroy and Morgan Hill police departments to sponsor a $50,000 gun buyback in the South Bay Dec. 14.

Someone stole a cream 1969 Volkswagen Beetle from the Walmart parking lot.