Residents of the Loma Verde and Cadillac/Winchester neighborhoods were victims of gang-related violent crimes, including assault with deadly weapons, carjacking and robbery.

San Jose detectives obtained search warrants for the suspects' residences, which yielded five handguns (one Ghost Gun and four unregistered), extended gun magazines, drum magazines and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.

Police said five masked suspects took part in an early morning robbery at Peters Bakery Aug. 17, in Alum Rock, with two men holding bakery employees at knifepoint,

An elderly couple on North Capitol Avenue told officers that five to six men had entered their home, bound them with belts, brandished a handgun and violently assaulted them and stealng property and the family car.

In less than a month, the suspects held up at least seven San Jose small businesses – mostly smoke shops – stealing cash, cell phones and cigars, at gunpoint, according to prosecutors.

The female suspect got out of a car and told the elerly pedestrian that she reminded her of her mother and asked if she could give her a piece of her mother's jewelry.

Two 19-year-olds, Ulises Jimenez and Paul Lebeau, will face robbery charges, while their robbery victim, 18-year-old Naylen Hobson Plattner, has been charged with multiple counts of attempted murder in connection with the Dec. 20 mall incident.

Palo Alto police learned that a woman in her 50s had been sitting in her parked car when someone opened her passenger door and demanded her purse and keys.

An uptick in local home burglaries has homeowners taking matters into their own hands while police have few leads.