Crime

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of April 24-30, 2022. April 24 • A man was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol and obstructing an officer on Bachman and University avenues at 12:27am. • A vehicle was reported...

Police said Tuesday they still had not located a suspect or a victim in a shooting at one of the main regional malls serving South Bay holiday shoppers. The San Jose Police Department received several calls about gunfire that occurred before 6pm at Westfield Oakridge,...

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Gun Violence Task Force and sheriff’s deputies seized weapons and explosives after a Wednesday raid on a San Jose home. Christopher Paul Roberts, a 37-year-old resident of the 2200 block of Bailey Avenue, was arrested and charged with, explosive...

With afternoon turning to evening, Raschel Archambeault would normally be closing-up-shop at East Kennedy, but on Feb. 28, she was waiting for a locksmith. Earlier in the day she’d learned overnight a man had broken-into the downtown boutique she manages, and so here she was...

Investigators arrested more than a dozen people suspected of being involved in catalytic converter thefts from vehicles in cities throughout the Bay Area, according to San Jose Police.  The arrest of 15 suspects over several weeks was the culmination of a six-month investigation into the...

Dec. 5 • A woman was arrested for being in possession of burglary tools and receiving known stolen property on the 600 block of North Santa Cruz Avenue at 12:15am. • A caller reported a man got off the bus and went into a store on...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of June 27-July 2, 2022. June 27 • A man was arrested after he was found passed out under a tree on Howes Drive with a bottle of vodka next to him at...

It was another week where a variety of reports were made to local police... Dec. 26 • An RV was burglarized on Winchester Circle. Dec. 27 • Someone threw a rock through a window of a business on the 900 block of University Avenue. • A vehicle was burglarized...

In the 30 days leading up to Nov. 9, 2022, in order to find 23 vehicles that might have been involved in a crime, the Flock Safety Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) system scanned 458,411 plates, the Electronic Frontier Foundation found. Since then, Los Gatos’...

On a midday visit to the Sugarloaf Road turn-off, Monday, the Los Gatan discovered another discarded collection of previously-opened mail, just over the edge. It's the same vicinity, just north of Scotts Valley, where about two or three dozen election ballots were discovered days earlier,...