Crime

Disturbance Police responded to a disturbance on Crest Avenue at 11:24am June 14. A disturbance was reported on Railroad Avenue, 3:45pm June 15. Battery A battery was reported on Garden Way in Morgan Hill, 10:04am June 14. Petty theft Police responded to a report of petty theft at a store...

A Morgan Hill resident and former insurance agent orchestrated a large-scale insurance fraud scheme that ripped off victims to the tune of more than $1.4 million, according to authorities.  Five people were charged recently with felonies related to the fraud scheme, says an April 10...

Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed a bill into law that is meant to curb the proliferation of untraceable firearms known as “ghost guns.” Assembly Bill 2842, authored by state Assemblymember Diane Papan, D-San Mateo, prohibits third-party gun destruction entities from reselling leftover gun parts...

Authorities confirmed Wednesday that former UFC fighter Cain Velasquez is suspected of trying to shoot and kill a man accused of molesting a close family member of Velasquez’s in a Feb. 28 incident on the streets of Morgan Hill and San Jose. Velasquez, 39, of...

According to Morgan Hill Police, murder suspect Martin Mendoza was “arrested at the California Mexico Border Crossing while trying to come back into the United States from Mexico.” Law enforcement officials in San Diego County told the Morgan Hill Times last night that Mendoza was...

The Morgan Hill Police Department announced this week that it has received a $25,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) for a traffic records improvement project to report crash and citation data faster and more efficiently. The grant program runs through...

A federal judge in San Jose sentenced a Morgan Hill man Monday to 210 months in prison – more than 17 years – on multiple counts of child pornography, prosecutors said. A federal jury convicted 65-year-old Johnny Ray Wolfenbarger on Aug. 12, 2021, of attempted...

A traffic stop on Highway 152 by the California Highway Patrol in Santa Clara County led to the seizure of 70 pounds of crystal methamphetamine and the arrest of a Los Banos man. CHP officer Israel Murillo said an officer, aided by a K-9, found...

A San Martin man was sentenced this week to more than 33 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of a slew of violent crimes—some involving firearms—dating back to 2018. The most recent charges against the defendant, Alfonso Castillo Navarro, 37, are related...

A former Santa Clara County Jail guard was sentenced to jail for helping a pair of inmates attack another inmate and then covering it up, according to authorities. Francisco Izayas Castillo, 42, of Morgan Hill, was convicted of a misdemeanor in March for his role...