Crime

A Gilroy insurance agent was found guilty of 20 counts of sexual assault in Santa Clara County Superior Court last week. Following a jury trial, Jeffrey Guenther, 38, was convicted of 10 counts of oral copulation by duress and 10 counts of sodomy by duress,...

A Gilroy day care operator is being held at Elmwood Correctional Facility without bail on six felony child abuse charges. The charges allege that Christina Johnson engaged in oral copulation or sexually penetrated a child between six and eight years of age. Five of...

Morgan Hill Police are investigating two violent incidents downtown that left at least two people injured last weekend, according to authorities.

Gilroy resident Alan Viarengo, who taught math at Gavilan College for nearly 20 years, was arrested last week on suspicion of stalking and threatening Santa Clara County’s public health officer, and police say he has ties to the anti-government domestic terrorist group known as “Boogaloo.”

Police arrested two people after a “sharp-eyed resident” called the Morgan Hill Police Department to report an auto burglary in progress. Officers later learned the suspects were likely involved in a number of thefts early in the morning March 26. About 4:26am, someone called MHPD...

Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen announced the suspect in the killing of Morgan Hill resident Marissa DiNapoli faces life in prison. Martin Mendoza Jr., 20, was arraigned on charges of first degree murder and the use of a knife to commit murder at...

Theft of scrap metal

The Morgan Hill Police Department will use a $90,000 grant from the State of California to pay for more enforcement and education aimed at reducing traffic-related deaths and serious injuries, MHPD said.  The grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety will fund local programs...

Ava Geddes, who is accused of felony animal abuse in Morgan Hill, will return to court later this month in an ongoing effort to resolve the case before a jury trial is required. Geddes appeared in court in San Jose on July 8. Santa Clara...

Detectives with the Silicon Valley Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force/Child Exploit Detail on Nov. 21 arrested a 43-year-old music teacher in Morgan Hill on a warrant accusing him of sexual assaults on “at least 10” students at a TK-8 school in East San...