Crime

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...

The defense for the woman accused of throwing parties for teens in her Los Gatos mansion was dealt a huge blow during a bail hearing Feb. 3, not only because she was denied bail, but also due to the judge tipping his hand about...

From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of July 17-23. July 17 • A caller reported a loud party had been going on for more than four hours on Daves Avenue at 12:44am. • A man was reportedly standing on Highway...

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...

Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Blotter for the week of Feb. 13-19, 2022. Feb. 13 • A caller reported a family having a barbecue along a creekside on Hicks and Shannon roads at 12:40pm. • A vehicle was burglarized on Adrian Place. • A woman was arrested for inflicting...

Police in Campbell on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with several crimes following a domestic disturbance and an ensuing two-hour standoff with officers. Timothy Johnson, 38, was arrested on suspicion of being a felon in possession of a firearm, shooting into an inhabited dwelling...

Nine people were arrested, and 18 victims were recovered during a law enforcement operation targeting a Colombian-based sex trafficking operation operating in the South Bay.  The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office announced Nov. 7 that Operation Phoenix resulted in charges ranging from human trafficking,...

A man suspected of attempting to kill a sheriff's deputy in Santa Clara County was taken into custody on Jan. 30, the Sheriff's Office announced.  Emmanuel Diaz Ramos, 41, was located at the Pruneyard Shopping Center in Campbell and was arrested and booked into the...

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...

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...