Crime

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,...

Detectives with the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Saratoga man who stole a guitar worth $20,000 from a Hollister area resident, according to authorities. On Nov. 25, a male later identified as Mark Michael Ellis, 26, responded to an ad on Craigslist for...

Hollister Police continue to investigate the Nov. 18 drive-by shooting that resulted in serious injuries to a 19-year-old man. Sgt. Don Pershall of the Hollister Police Department said Dec. 3 that investigating officers have not yet identified the suspect or suspects involved in the shooting...

Hollister Police are looking for a suspect or suspects involved in the drive-by shooting of a 19-year-old man on the southeast side of the city’s downtown. About 4:50pm Nov. 18, Hollister Police officers were dispatched to the area of South Street and Prospect Avenue on...

Police arrested one suspect for robbing a Hollister liquor store at knifepoint, and are asking for the public’s help identifying a second robber, according to authorities. About 2am Nov. 11, two men entered the Arco gas station, 301 Gateway Drive. Both men approached the counter,...

Police last week arrested a 36-year-old Hollister man believed to be responsible for numerous recent burglaries and thefts. Over the last several months, Hollister Police officers have responded to multiple reports of vehicle burglaries and thefts from vehicles in various neighborhoods throughout Hollister, according to...

Hollister Police arrested a man Oct. 22 for drunkenly crashing his vehicle into a gas and water line after angrily shouting at officers at the county jail while they were booking his father for an earlier offense, according to authorities. About 10:45pm Oct. 22, Hollister...