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Customer steals $10 from downtown business, uses it buy beer from the bar (Police Blotter, June 27-July 2)
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...
Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following violent assault on VTA platform
Santa Clara County Sheriff’s detectives have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with a violent assault at a Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail station that left another man with life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
According to the Sheriff's Office, Brandon Fryshaw was taken into custody hours after...
Authorities release the identities of two slain men discovered on Skyline Boulevard
The names of the two men whose bodies were found in a pickup truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains a week ago were released Tuesday by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The identities of the victims, previously identified by family members, are Colter...
Men ask for gas then hop a fence; youth play beer pong on Tait Avenue (Police Blotter, May 22-28)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of May 22-28.
May 22
• A purse was reported stolen from a store on N. Santa Cruz Avenue at 2:30pm.
• Two suspects reportedly stole $1,800 from a business on the 14100 block...
Man arrested for indecent exposure; illegal dirt biking; caller worried about door-to-door salesman with “false front teeth” (Police Blotter, Jan. 31 – Feb. 5)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of Jan. 31-Feb. 5, 2022.
Jan. 31
• No injuries were reported after a vehicle overturned on Montclair Road in the early morning hours.
• A woman was arrested for obstructing a peace officer...
Environmental prosecutor shares details of illegal medical waste probe
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...
2 murder counts for Boulder Creek man ID’d by victim before he was shot
On Monday, 36 days after police say Boulder Creek resident James David Collier, 66, shot and killed two men—then left their bodies in the back of a truck in the Santa Cruz Mountains—he had his first day in court.
That is, he was scheduled to...
Los Gatos Appoints Jamie Field as its New Police Chief
The Town of Los Gatos has named its new top public safety official, a 20-year veteran cop who's been on the local force since 2009.
Jamie Field started at the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department as a rank-and-file officer, rising to the rank of Captain...
Man arrested on suspicion of battery, annoying minors outside Van Meter Elementary
An alert parent walking his kids to school around 8am Thursday detained a man outside Los Gatos’ Louise Van Meter Elementary School after he spotted the individual following girls with a smartphone in his hand. By 8:15am, 63-year-old Los Gatos resident John Alan Hale...
Eggs thrown at vehicle; backyard prowler reported; ice cream truck driver nearly hits woman (Police Blotter, April 10-16)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of April 10-16.
April 10
• A man was arrested for hit and run and driving under the influence of alcohol on University Avenue and Blossom Hill Road at 3:43am.
• A vehicle was...
