Crime

Jan. 27

Volunteers from the American Red Cross provided blankets to the members of a Hollister family that lost their home in a fire Sunday morning. The fire, on Park Street, between Sally and Prune streets, did not result in injuries, but the residents lost many of their belongings.

Hollister police officers responded to a shooting and stabbing in the 1000 block of Caputo Court on Saturday after seeing an increase in gang activity in the area starting Friday.

Samuel Turner, the man found insane in the 2007 slaying of Elizabeth Gomez, is scheduled for a review hearing this week at the San Benito County Courthouse.

There were no injuries in a Hollister house fire Sunday, but the structure was a complete loss.

Police on Wednesday seized about $8,000 in marijuana and hash from a Hollister home and arrested a man who resides there, according to a statement released by the sheriff's office.

Police have arrested a 22-year-old Michigan man in connection with two bomb threats made at San Benito High School in early December, according to police.

The Hollister City Council honored two police officers at Tuesday's meeting. The two officers, David Anderson and Carlos Rodriguez, were involved in helping children escape an apartment building fire earlier this month in the 1500 block of Valley View Road. See the video below. 

Sheriff's deputies Tuesday arrested a 42-year-old Castroville man in Aromas on suspicion of sexual assault to a juvenile, according to the San Benito County Sheriff's Office.

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