Armed-to-the-hilt South County resident Alan Viarengo was arrested for sending dozens of threatening letters to Dr. Sara Cody.

The Ben Lomond shooting suspect Steven Carrillo is believed to be a member of a violent right-wing extremist group.

A federal agent involved in the case says he doesn’t believe Robert Alvin Justus Jr.’s claim that he tried to stop the shooting.

Hundreds of people gathered for Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller’s public funeral on Wednesday at Cabrillo College under sunny skies.

As a member of the elite Air Mobility Command’s 60th Security Forces Squadron, Steven Carrillo was a highly trained military cop.

“This was a ... heroic thing that that resident did,” Sheriff Jim Hart said about the civilian intervention that apprehended a dangerous gunman.

Resident tackled gunman and held him down until law enforcement officials arrived, according to Santa Cruz County Sheriff Jim Hart.

Steven Carrillo is to be charged this week with the murder of Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller and numerous other charges.

Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller, 38, was a father of a young child, and was expecting a new one soon, Sheriff Jim Hart said.