Crime

Former Hollister Police Officer Chad Browning has been charged with four crimes in relation to an alleged Sept. 9 crime spree that started with vehicle theft in Fresno and ended with Gilroy Police shooting at him before he could drive onto a local football...

Staff report Hollister police officers arrested two local young men after receiving reports they were trying to burglarize vehicles in a neighborhood, according to authorities. About 4:30am Aug. 26, officers were dispatched to the area of Calais Circle and Versailles Drive south of town, on a...

The Hollister Police Department arrested two men and one woman for obstructing and battery on officers who were attempting to aid crash victims. Police said a fight that broke out at the scene of the wreck posed a “dangerous situation” for three officers surrounded by...

In a fatal shooting in Hollister that police say is possibly gang-related, eyewitnesses aren’t talking. Police said Ronald Molina, a 39-year-old from Hollister, died on Aug. 29 in a Monterey County trauma center from multiple gunshot wounds in an Aug. 23 attack. As of Sept. 4,...

Police arrested a Gilroy man who stabbed a juvenile for his cell phone in a Hollister neighborhood, authorities said. About 10pm Aug. 19, Hollister police officers were dispatched to Hazel Hawkins Hospital, where staff reported they were treating a juvenile for a stab wound, according...

Hollister Police are seeking information about a shooting that left a man critically injured the afternoon of Aug. 22. Authorities think the unknown suspect, who is still at large, was trying to kill the victim. On Aug. 22 officers were dispatched to the 200 block...

Following a late-night fight at a downtown bar, Hollister police arrested three men in possession of a loaded firearm this week, according to authorities. About 12:30am Aug. 24, Hollister Police Officers responded to reports of a fight in progress in the area of Johnny’s Bar,...

The California Highway Patrol is investigating reports that at least one male suspect threw rocks at passing motorists on Pacheco Pass Highway earlier this month. On Sunday evening, Aug. 12, the drivers of five vehicles were struck by rocks thrown by a male pedestrian, according...

Hollister police arrested a man who tried to dispose of a loaded handgun while he ran from an officer, according to authorities. The suspect was ultimately booked on suspicion of multiple weapons and drug offenses. About 3:37am Aug. 1, Hollister Police Officer Juan Guevara was...

Police arrested a man and woman from Los Banos who possessed drugs for sale and stolen credit cards in a Hollister neighborhood last week, according to authorities. About 11:32am Aug. 9, Hollister Police Officer Julio Martinez was on patrol when he saw a suspicious vehicle...