Crime

A sweeping drug and weapons bust centered on the Sinaloa Cartel, and headed up by the FBI, resulted in the arrest of scores of suspects over the past year, including arrests in Gilroy. At a press conference Feb. 11, the FBI was joined by Northern...

Police arrested a car full of teenagers after they stole alcoholic beverages from a Hollister grocery store Sunday night, and one of the suspects was in possession of a handgun, according to authorities.  About 10pm Feb. 6, Hollister Police officers received a report that several...

Hollister Police faced a flurry of suspects who physically resisted arrest—including one who injured an officer—in a short period of time Feb. 3 and 4, according to authorities. All three suspects were arrested. The first of three unrelated incidents occurred about 10pm Feb. 3, when...

Following a traffic stop on a reckless vehicle, Hollister Police arrested a motorist who was wanted for multiple weapons-related warrants, authorities said. On Jan. 25, Hollister Police Officer Julio Martinez was on patrol when he saw a vehicle driving recklessly in the area of Meridian...

The San Benito County Sheriff’s Office sent out an alert that a suspect or suspects are attempting to scam local residents by calling them on the phone impersonating an employee of the law enforcement agency.  The scammer or scammers have been calling San Benito County...

Recent “pop-up” Covid-19 testing sites in San Benito County and elsewhere in California may be fraudulent, and authorities are warning the public. The county’s Public Health Services sent out a press release Jan. 13 stating its staff has been made aware of the temporary testing...

Hollister Police are looking for two suspects who ran from a crash scene, where they left a loaded “assault rifle style weapon” on the backseat of their vehicle, police said. The night of Dec. 22, Hollister Police officers attempted a traffic enforcement stop on Buena...

San Benito County public safety and health officials are sounding the alarm about the dangers of fentanyl—a powerful opioid—after a recent and ongoing spike in drug overdoses. In the last three months alone, 17 people in San Benito County have suffered opioid overdoses, requiring emergency...

Investigators arrested more than a dozen people suspected of being involved in catalytic converter thefts from vehicles in cities throughout the Bay Area, according to San Jose Police.  The arrest of 15 suspects over several weeks was the culmination of a six-month investigation into the...

A 14-year-old San Benito High School student was arrested this week for using social media to threaten to hurt his fellow students, according to Hollister Police. No credible threat to anyone at the school was revealed during the course of the police investigation. About 10:05pm Dec....