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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...
Hotel guest stole two cases of juice; caller reports transient making “bird calls;” truck drives back and forth on railroad. (Police Blotter, Dec. 19-24)
Here we have a week of reports received by local police...
Dec. 19
• A woman was arrested for being in possession of burglary tools and unlawful paraphernalia on Benedict Lane and Chirco Drive at 1:43am.
• A guest at a hotel on Los Gatos-Saratoga Road reportedly...
400+ guns turned in as part of firearm ‘buyback’ program
The Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department participated in the Santa Clara County Gun Buyback at the Milpitas Community Center on May 22, which saw more than 400 firearms voluntarily turned in by residents.
Up to $100 was offered per handgun or rifle and $200 per...
Home hit by paintballs; trailer’s tires slashed; mail stolen on National Avenue (Police Blotter, June 5-11)
From the files of the Los Gatos-Monte Sereno Police Department for the week of June 5-11, 2022.
June 5
• A woman was arrested for inflicting injury on a cohabitant on University Avenue at 12:39am.
• A man and a woman were arrested for being in possession...
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...
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,...
Campaign signs stolen; dirt bike “menace” (Police Blotter, Oct. 16-22)
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...
Downtown boutiques deal with break-ins
With afternoon turning to evening, Raschel Archambeault would normally be closing-up-shop at East Kennedy, but on Feb. 28, she was waiting for a locksmith.
Earlier in the day she’d learned overnight a man had broken-into the downtown boutique she manages, and so here she was...
Cops receive calls of naked man on the creek trail in broad daylight (Police Blotter, Feb. 13-19)
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...
Man convicted of felony drug sales in Los Gatos
A San Jose drug dealer will be sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted last week of selling fentanyl-laced pills to a group of Los Gatos High School students.
Several students carried Narcan with them in case they overdosed on the toxic drug,...
