Crime

David J. Quiroz, the Hollister man accused in the killing of 25-year-old Heather Carroll in October, is scheduled for a preliminary setting Thursday, according to court records.

The sexual battery and subsequent suicide of 15-year-old Audrie Pott, a Saratoga High School sophomore, hit home at Christopher High School in Gilroy Thursday morning when a 16-year-old juvenile was arrested on campus in connection with the alleged crime.

The father of the victim in a child sex-abuse case accepted a plea deal Thursday on a charge related to his February altercation with the molestation suspect outside the courthouse.

Community Solutions and Emmaus House hosted the “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” event for the first time in San Benito County on Saturday at 11 a.m., at Fourth and San Benito streets.

April 9

Hollister police officers arrested a 21-year-old Hollister man suspected of assaulting two women in the Ranchito Court area. Police arrested Jerry Serrano, 21, and booked him into the jail.

While Arnaldo M. Hernandez remains a fugitive after accepting a plea deal on a child molesting charge and subsequently fleeing from authorities, the victim’s father faced an arraignment hearing April 2 on a battery charge alleged by authorities after a related altercation outside the courthouse.

The Hollister Police Department announced dates for the 2013 Rabies Vaccination Clinics on upcoming weekends.

Several residents from around the county and representatives from one major employer in San Juan Bautista expressed concern over the direction county fire service could take Tuesday morning as the San Benito County supervisors reviewed proposals from Hollister and Calfire for consolidated services.

The San Benito County Sheriff’s Office and the Hollister Police Department are partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration to host a Drug Take Back event April 27, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to a statement from police.