Crime

The following reports are sourced from the police blotter files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of Feb. 20-26, 2022. Feb. 20 • Three unknown suspects stole catalytic converters from two vehicles parked on Littlefield Lane. • A bicyclist reportedly kicked a mirror...

Three suspects involved in an armed robbery this morning near Highway 9 and State Route 35—where Skyline Boulevard and the route between Saratoga and Boulder Creek intersect—were at large on Monday afternoon, authorities said. The Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said a victim had their...

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...

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’...

The crimes of the week as logged by the Los Gatos Monte Sereno Police Department.

Police Blotter for the week of Oct. 16-22. Oct. 16 • Someone damaged a toilet on Miles Avenue. • Two juveniles were reportedly tagging street signs with graffiti on Hicks Road and Shannon Oaks Lane. Oct. 17 • A vehicle was burglarized on Blossom Hill Road. • Campaign signs were...

A 31-year-old Saratoga man accused of raping a woman and later admitting it can be extradited to the United States, a French court has ruled. And the lawyer who helped publicize the case says she’s “thrilled” to see Ian Thomas Cleary, who is charged with...

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...

Prosecutors say it was "sheer luck" that no shoppers were struck by the flying bullets that led to a lockdown of a popular South Bay shopping mall in the lead-up to Christmas. Three people have now been charged in connection with the Dec. 20 incident,...

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...