Crime

Hollister Police arrested three people in possession of concealed handguns in separate incidents in recent days, according to authorities.

An anesthesiologist with staff privileges at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital who was arrested in Chico last week on suspicion of sexual assault is free on bail, according to authorities. He retains his hospital privileges, according to Hazel Hawkins. Dr. Annamalai Ashokan was arrested Jan. 30...

Fidone was ordered to register as a sex offender within five days of his release, but the county’s Megan’s Law website lists him as “In Violation.” His entry on the sex offender registry does not include a current address or any other updated information.

Rocky’s health vastly improved in the immediate weeks following his departure from his previous owner, police said.

Gomez was transported to San Benito County Jail and booked on suspicion of carrying a loaded firearm, carrying a loaded firearm while being a gang member, carrying a loaded firearm for which he was not the owner, altering the serial numbers on a firearm and possession of a high-capacity magazine.

Police arrested two Hollister men on suspicion of carrying an illegal weapon last week after the men refused to yield to an attempted traffic stop, according to authorities. About 10:43pm Jan. 17, Hollister Police Officer Evan Umstead was on patrol in the area of Rajakovich...

Police are asking the public for help in the investigation of a Jan. 13 shooting near an elementary school in northwest Hollister. About 10:04pm Jan. 13, Hollister police received a call reporting gunshots fired in the area of 80 Gonzalez Drive, reads a press release...

Jose Antonio Barajas, who was arrested in Mexico last summer on suspicion of murdering a teenage girl in Hollister in 2014, will next appear in local court Feb. 6. The hearing is scheduled as a “pre-preliminary” hearing, according to records at the San Benito County...

San Benito County Sheriff’s deputies on Jan. 11 were looking for a Hollister man who had been released after a drug arrest. Several days after the man was released, deputies found weapons, drugs and bomb-making materials in the man’s home near San Benito High...

Police arrested a suspected drunk driver who crashed into a house in Hollister the night of Dec. 10. About 6:24pm, Hollister police officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of Hamilton Drive on a report that a vehicle crashed into a residence. When officers arrived,...