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BLAZING BATTERIES: Recycler fined $25k for Campbell garbage truck fires
A San Jose recycling company has been ordered by a Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge to pay $25,000 in civil penalties for causing dangerous fires to start in the back of garbage trucks in Campbell.
The company, iDiskk, LLC, its principal Yue Zou,...
“Missing person” from San Jose turns up at Los Gatos Library (Police Blotter, March 7-12)
A week in the life of crime reports in Los Gatos (March 7-12, 2022). Files are from the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.
March 7
• A man was reportedly waving a large knife on Glen Una Drive and Saratoga Los Gatos Road at 3:13pm.
• A...
Sex offender fails to update registration, cops say; man shooting video refuses to leave post office area (Police Blotter, April 17-23)
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 (July 13-19)
Sunday, July 13
A possible child sex abuse imagery crime was reported at 8:22pm on Carlton Avenue. A friend of the reporting person said they’d found pornographic images on a tablet belonging to a 13-year-old girl. The images featured a man in bed with a...
Police alerted to 6 dogs off-leash at Bachman Park; cigarette case stolen from parked vehicle (Police Blotter, Dec. 4-10)
Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department "Police Blotter" for the week of Dec. 4-10, 2022.
Dec. 4
• A caller reported six dogs were off their leashes at Bachman Park at 5:04pm.
Dec. 5
• A man was arrested for being in possession of a controlled substance and resisting...
Family who says they need fence to protect against antisemitic violence told to tear it down
A Los Gatos couple who said they needed their six-foot fence in part to protect themselves against antisemitic violence has been told they must tear it down.
The Planning Commission unanimously refused to allow an exception to the three-foot-max rule for the property on Blossom...
Youth egg home on Avery Lane—again; credit card stolen from mailbox (Police Blotter, Oct. 30-Nov. 5)
Police Blotter for the week of Oct. 30-Nov. 5. From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department.
Oct. 30
• A man was arrested for being in possession of unlawful paraphernalia on the 200 block of Los Gatos-Saratoga Road at 3:55am.
• A vehicle was...
Crime fighters and community members recognized
A couple of hours before the yearly Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Foundation luncheon, Oct. 19, where Chief Jamie Field was set to recognize Jiffy Mart for its contribution to community safety, a call came in to the department.
Days earlier, the store had become the...
4 children reported for playing with a lighter at creek on Escobar Ave (Police Blotter, Sept. 18-24)
Police Blotter for the week of Sept. 18-24, 2022.
Sept. 18
• A woman was arrested for being in possession of an open container of alcohol while driving on Los Gatos Boulevard and Walker Street at 1:20am.
• A caller reported two men were standing outside “being...
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...
