Tag: district attorney
Meet the candidates: District Attorney
The elected district attorney is the county’s top prosecutor of criminal cases in San Benito County. The DA leads an office of 17 employees,...
DA charges Zendejas with murder, attempted murder
Alfredo Zendejas, who is accused of killing two Hollister residents and injuring three others in a drive-by shooting, has been charged in court with...
SJB council member to appear in court
San Juan Bautista City Councilmember Dan DeVries, who is accused of domestic violence in relation to an incident earlier this year, was to appear in at the San Benito County Courthouse Aug. 29.
DA won’t prosecute Dabo
More than a year after a Superior Court judge ruled that former county school board president Mitchell Dabo had illegally transferred more than $644,000...
DA to ask specialist to look at Dabo case
San Benito County District Attorney Candice Hooper said she will ask a special forensic accountant to investigate possible fraud or theft by county School...
San Benito County leaders silent on Dabo
The facts are not in dispute.
At the close of a 90-minute trial in San Benito County Superior Court on Nov. 13, Judge Marjorie L....
Preview: Supervisors to discuss public defender contracts
The San Benito County Supervisors on Tuesday at 9 a.m. will hold a special board meeting in which they will discuss budget items, including a report from an ad-hoc committee on the public defender contracts.
Updated: Supervisors budget meeting set for 1 p.m. Tuesday
The San Benito County Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting Tuesday to discuss items related to the budget, at 1 p.m., in the Chambers, 481 Fourth St.
Alleged landscape scammer’s plea continued
The plea hearing for the man who allegedly charmed multiple South County seniors into giving him money for landscaping services he never completed was continued to Nov. 1, due to the public defender declaring a conflict in the case.
Suspect ID’d in Sobrato apartment murder
The suspect in the July 22 murder of a 21-year-old man at the Sobrato Transitional Apartments on Monterey Street is “actively avoiding” police contact — and because police have not obtained the handgun used in the shooting, he is considered armed and dangerous.
