Tag: law_crime
Alleged gang member arrested on gun, drug charges
Hollister Police officers arrested Greg Larios, 29, on Feb. 15 on gun and drug charges after a car stop in which Larios evaded police who caught him after a short foot pursuit.
Three arrested for stolen firearm
Hollister police officers on Friday arrested two men and a juvenile female for possession of a loaded stolen handgun found in a vehicle at 5 p.m. According to a police statement, officers arrested Marco Mendoza, 27, and Omar Ortega-Hernandez, 20, who were both found with open alcohol containers in the vehicle. A 17-year-old female juvenile was also in the car.
Officers respond to 3 shootings Wednesday
The Hollister Police Department and San Benito County Sheriff’s Department officers responded to multiple shootings Wednesday and are still investigating the incidents.
Police say report of suspicious person near school stop a misunderstanding
After receive two reports in two days of a suspicious male in the area of Calaveras School, police officers have determined that it was a misunderstanding – the man reported as suspicious was there to check on his son who attends the school
Gilroy meth distributors given 12, 16 years
The three defendants in the 612 pound methamphetamine raid on Roop Road in 2010 were sentenced in federal court Wednesday, two of them getting 12-year prison sentences and one getting 16 years on account of a prior drug felony, according to Mike Beckwith, prosecuting attorney for the case.
