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Heroin user admits to a series of burglaries near his home

Los Gatos/Monte Sereno – 27-year-old Tyler Jeremy Heinen admitted to felony burglary (PC 459 – 460 (a)) of a home on the 1300 block of Elwood Drive in Los Gatos sometime

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Copper wire thief caught trying to evade fare

33-year-old Jose Ramon Lopez Martinez faces charges under PC 460 (i) (1), fare evasion, PC 466 possession of burglary tools, VC 21650, riding a bicycle the wrong way, and PC

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Female renter steals blank checks from elderly victim

25-year-old Eleni Jacobs faces one count of PC 470, forgery and PC 368 (d) elder financial abuse. On May 29 the Santa Clara Sheriff’s Department responded to a call reporting an

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Real estate developer sentenced to eight years for grand theft of more than 2.8 million

A San Jose self-proclaimed real estate developer, 72-year-old Gilmore Erickson, was sentenced on Tuesday, June 17 for securities violations leading to a loss of more than $2.8 million by fooled

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Break in case leads to arrest of road rage shooter

SAN JOSE, Calif – The San Jose Police Department has un-officially announced the arrest of 17-year-old Fidadelfo Silva Ortiz, who is being tried as an adult, and 23-year-old Daniel Alejandro

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Homeless man accused of arson blaze near Mount Hamilton

SANTA CLARA COUNTY – Santa Clara Sheriff’s Deputies arrested an arson suspect, who was caught trying to burn down an area near his campsite in the Mount Hamilton area of unincorporated

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Wanted fugitive from San Jose found unconscious behind the wheel in Utah

A wanted man for arson and assault out of San Jose, California was found earlier this week in Salt Lake City, Utah. Casey Keil, 29 of San Jose, was found

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Update: SJPD 4th homicide suspect of 2014 to stand trial

The Defendants Anh Duc Tong and Ductrung Huynh Tong are expected to appear in Dept. 35 in the Superior Court of California under PC 187, Felony Murder, in which a

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Petty Theft Suspect Attacks Again

41-year-old George Carrasco Jr. is facing 3 charges alleging PC 459-460(b) – second degree burglary, and PC 666 – Felony Petty Theft with three or more priors.   With nine prior

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Suspect in Possible Homicide/Missing Persons Case Shot by Police

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – A suspect wanted in connection with a missing person case reported earlier this year was shot and killed while brandishing a gun at officers when they tried to