Crime

A Hollister man who killed local teen Ariana Zendejas in 2014 and then fled to Mexico was sentenced to prison in a San Benito County courtroom this week.  Judge Gilbert T. Brown on April 11 sentenced Jose Antonio Barajas, 27, to a combined prison term...

Police arrested four people—including a juvenile with a handgun—on suspicion of participating in a criminal street gang during a traffic stop this week, according to authorities. About 3pm April 6, a San Benito County Sheriff’s deputy assigned to gang suppression saw a vehicle commit two...

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 numerous felonies in relation to the March 26 violence, according to authorities. At an April 4 arraignment hearing at the San...

A single gunman acted on a case of “mistaken identity” when he shot and killed Jaime Jesus Gomez and Daniel Eli Gonzalez and injured three other people at a home on the edge of the city’s downtown March 26, according to police. Hollister Police Chief...

Two people died and three others were sent to the hospital with injuries as a result of a shooting that was possibly gang-related March 26 in Hollister, according to authorities. Hollister Police identified the deceased victims as Jaime Jesus Gomez, 23, and Daniel Eli Gonzalez,...

A 57-year-old Hollister man was convicted in superior court this week of making annoying telephone calls, according to Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni.  After a three-day jury trial, Marc Patterson was found guilty of the alleged crimes, which are related to his repeated...

Hollister Police are investigating a March 18 shooting that resulted in a vehicle collision and gunshot injuries, according to authorities. Late at night March 18, the Hollister Police Department received multiple calls regarding two vehicles involved in a shooting incident, says a March 19 post...

Hollister Police are investigating two shootings that occurred in the downtown area March 5, according to authorities. No injuries or significant property damage were reported in either shooting, and police are still looking for the suspects, says a Facebook post from the Hollister Police Department. The...

Former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was ordered held without bail on attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to shoot at a man accused of molesting the fighter's young relative.  Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Shelyna Brown issued the order during a...

Authorities confirmed Wednesday that former UFC fighter Cain Velasquez is suspected of trying to shoot and kill a man accused of molesting a close family member of Velasquez’s in a Feb. 28 incident on the streets of Morgan Hill and San Jose. Velasquez, 39, of...