Updated: Former local missing in Mexico for 3 months
Former Hollister resident Karen Wright drove from Merced to a
Tow-scam case heads to court Monday
After nearly two years of delays, the case against a tow truck operator facing a sentence of up to 177 years in prison for scores of felony counts stemming from an alleged towing scam will go to preliminary hearing Monday.
DA defends former teacher’s sex-crime sentence
The former Gilroy High School math teacher who pleaded no contest to four counts of sex crimes with a girl half his age will serve one year in county jail. Police were disappointed with the short sentence, but the district attorney defended it because it avoided costly and emotionally taxing court proceedings.
Ex-sergeant’s rape trial moved to August
Former sheriff's Sgt. Mike Rodrigues' rape trial has been moved
