Crime

A group of teenagers who say they were victimized by Los Gatos resident Shannon O’Connor, who’s accused of throwing parties for minors and permitting sexual abuse to take place at her home, filed into the Santa Clara County Superior Courtroom alongside parents on Jan....

Last week, as the country’s attention was transfixed on the manhunt for the person who gunned down a health insurance executive—which resulted in an outpouring of personal stories about patients being mistreated by the nation’s medical care system—the Santa Clara County DA’s Office held...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of Feb. 6-12, 2022. Feb. 6 • A drunk, “mumbling” man reportedly walked into a store on N. Santa Cruz Avenue a couple of times at 1:26am. • A man smoking on a campus...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of April 17-23. April 17 • Someone vandalized a retaining wall with graffiti on Escobar Avenue. • A box of jewelry was reported stolen from a home on Cherrystone Drive. • A man was arrested...

Police Blotter Aug. 14 • A vehicle, which had its keys inside, was reported stolen on Edelen Avenue. • A stolen vehicle was recovered on University Avenue. • A man was arrested for driving with an open container of alcohol on the 15500 block of Union Avenue at...

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...

A law enforcement chase of a kidnapping suspect ended peacefully in downtown Los Gatos Sunday evening. Sgt. Russell Davis of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office said deputies were assisted by a San Jose Police Department helicopter. "We wanted to make sure we had eyes in...

The Los Gatos man accused of murdering his wife and dumping her body in the Santa Cruz Mountains pleaded not guilty to the two felony counts he’s charged with—as well as all additional allegations—on Nov. 1, in Santa Clara County Superior Court. He’s charged with...

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...

It was the day after retired Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department Sgt. Tam McCarthy helped lay a long-time cop, John Pernick, to rest. So on Oct. 27, as he gave an address at a much more celebratory gathering—the inaugural Los Gatos Community Police Academy graduation—he...