Crime & Safety

Police Blotter: Man Arrested For Choking Girlfriend

Selected reports from the Gilroy Police Dept. Monday through Wednesday.

Wednesday

7:39 p.m. Daniel Gonzalez, 30, pushed the victim to the ground, causing severe pain to his arm. Gonzales was placed under citizen’s arrest for battery. A parole hole was obtained, and he was transported to Santa Clara Co. Jail.

12 p.m. A bike was stolen from the Gilroy Library. An unknown suspect cut the lock off the bike, and rode east off the library.

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Tuesday

11:25 a.m. A minor at Day Road was in possession of marijuana and admitted to selling it on Day Road. 

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8:46 a.m. A man reported that he was robbed by three suspects while walking to his girlfriend’s apartment.

Monday

9:45 p.m. Aaron Newell, 34, thought his co-habiting girlfriend was cheating and yelled at her, so she tried to call the cops. He grabbed the phone from her, scratching her finger in the process, and then pushed her down the on the couch and chocked her.

10:19 a.m. Joe Garay was arrested for domestic violence, brandishing a knife, possession of needles and concentrated marijuana. 

8:30 a.m. A driver made an unsafe turn at W Las Animas Ave and Monterey Street, and drove over a rail.


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