Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office

Sleight of hand jewelry thieves thwarted in Santa …

Suspected thieves were captured on camera at a Santa Clarita pawnshop on Jan. 17, 2023. (Abe's Pawn Shop)

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Deputies release dramatic bodycam video of San Jose railyard …

Santa Clara County sheriff's officials released bodycam footage on June 1, 2021, showing deputies entering a San Jose railyard the previous week, hearing gunshots and finding a suspect who took his own life after killing nine co-workers.

Gunman targeted some victims in San Jose railyard shooting, …

Tactical law enforcement officers move through the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light-rail yard where a mass shooting occurred on May 26, 2021 in San Jose, California. A VTA employee opened fire at the yard, with preliminary reports indicating nine people dead including the gunman. (Philip Pacheco/Getty Images)

Authorities ID victims killed in San Jose railyard shooting, …

People embrace outside a staging area for Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) workers, family members and officials following a shooting at one of the agency's rail yards on May 26, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)

8 people killed in shooting at San Jose railyard; shooter …

Law enforcement officers respond to the scene of a shooting at a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) facility on Wednesday, May 26, 2021, in San Jose, Calif. Santa Clara County sheriff's spokesman said the rail yard shooting left multiple people, including the shooter, dead. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Sheriff’s officials seeking to ID man seen taking photos …

The Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station released this photo on April 26, 2021, of a man who was seen taking pictures of minors at a park.

NorCal deputy fabricated ambush by gunman: Santa Clara …

This photo provided by the Santa Clara, Calif., Sheriff's Office shows Santa Clara County Sheriff Deputy Sukhdeep Gill, a San Francisco Bay Area sheriff's deputy who last year alleged he had been ambushed by a gunman and saved by his body camera. Gill was arrested Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, for felony vandalism and filing a false police report, authorities said. (Santa Clara Sheriff's Office via AP)

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Santa Clara County deputies under scrutiny for mask-free …

A sign is posted in the window of a coronavirus COVID-19 patient's room in the intensive care unit at Regional Medical Center on May 21, 2020, in Santa Clara County. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Apple’s chief security officer, Santa Clara County …

The new iPad Pro is displayed during the 2017 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference at the San Jose Convention Center on June 5, 2017, in San Jose, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

College instructor with ‘boogaloo’ ties charged over …

This booking photo provided Sept. 1, 2020, by the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office shows Alan Viarengo, 55. (via AP)

NorCal Deputy Shot During Ambush but Saved by Body …

A deputy's body camera is seen after being shot on Jan. 31, 2020, in a photo released Feb. 3, 2020. (Credit: Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office via KRON)

Auto Theft Suspect Fleeing Police in San Jose Badly …

Raul Anthony Rodriguez appears in a booking photo released by the Santa Clara County Office on Dec. 16, 2019.

Woman Accused in 2 Hit-and-Runs, 1 Fatal, at Bay …

Man Accused of Traveling From Missouri to Spark Bay …