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Bobby O’Leary, a 21-year-old Santa Clara man, was found safe. He went missing on April 11 and prompted mass searches by local law enforcement, family and community members. According to Santa Clara Police Department (SCPD) Lt. Dan Moreno, O’Leary was located at an Oakland hospital in Alameda County on Monday April 24. He was at … Read more
The Police Blotter highlights a partial list of incidents in the city and is distributed on a weekly basis. The Blotter provides the date, time, approximate location, a narrative summary of the incident, case number and the most serious arrest charge. Meanwhile, the Arrest Log provides a timely, chronological summary of all of the arrests … Read more
The 2016 Santa Clara political money story isn’t only Blupac, the mysterious San Francisco political committee. It’s the unprecedented level of donations to, and spending by, the Santa Clara Police Officer Association (POA) PAC. As Santa Clara’s top campaign spender in 2016, the POA PAC made $102,000 worth of independent expenditures, according to financial reports … Read more
Plowing through two fences and driving into the deep end of the backyard swimming pool at a Santa Clara home proved a wet awakening for a 19-year-old Santa Clara man who fell asleep at the wheel of his car around 2:45 a.m. April 11. The driver was able to get out of the car on … Read more
The Police Blotter highlights a partial list of incidents in the city and is distributed on a weekly basis. The Blotter provides the date, time, approximate location, a narrative summary of the incident, case number and the most serious arrest charge. Meanwhile, the Arrest Log provides a timely, chronological summary of all of the arrests … Read more
How the Santa Clara Police Department (SCPD) works is a bit of a mystery to most residents. To help clear up that mystery, SCPD hosts the Citizens’ Police Academy (CPA). The program is open to any resident or business in Santa Clara and offers participants and department members alike a chance to interact with each … Read more
A man was hospitalized in serious condition after being shot on March 31 at the Capri Motel, 2465 East El Camino Real near San Tomas Expressway. A witness at the motel called the police at 7:47 p.m.. The motel was briefly evacuated while Santa Clara Police Department (SCPD) officers investigated and interviewed witnesses. SCPD Lt. … Read more
The Police Blotter highlights a partial list of incidents in the city and is distributed on a weekly basis. The Blotter provides the date, time, approximate location, a narrative summary of the incident, case number and the most serious arrest charge. Meanwhile, the Arrest Log provides a timely, chronological summary of all of the arrests … Read more
Traffic was still backed up into Friday evening on Stevens Creek Blvd. following an early-afternoon police chase that ended with an office-involved shooting in the Villa shopping plaza. San José police responded to a call reporting a naked man chasing people at Valerie Drive and Eva Court in San José. The man, identified Monday as … Read more
When Santa Clara police responded to a 9-1-1 call on the 2200 block of Deborah Dr. shortly after 5 p.m. last Thursday, it wasn’t the first time that day the officers had been called to that address by parents distraught about their 24-year-old son’s troubling behavior. But this time the call ended in tragedy, when … Read more