Crime

Hollister police arrested two young men on suspicion of drug and firearm possession after they attempted to run away on foot during a traffic stop, according to authorities. About 12:48am Oct. 4, Hollister Police officers were dispatched to the area of Loma Vista Drive and...

Police arrested a man for possession of dangerous weapons during a traffic stop earlier this week, according to Hollister Police Department. About 9:40pm Oct. 9, Hollister Police Officer Evan Umstead was on patrol in the 1000 block of Airline Highway area when he stopped a...

Police are asking the public for help identifying two young men who held up a Hollister convenience store at gunpoint last week in an incident where a clerk narrowly dodged a bullet. About 1:20am Sept. 15, an unknown male entered the Quik Stop store at...

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...

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...

Hollister police on Friday, July 13 announced the arrest in Mexico of a suspect in the 2014 murder of Hollister teen Ariana Zendejas. Police Chief David Westrick said Jose Antonio Barajas, a 24-year-old U.S. citizen, was arrested by police in Guadalajara, Mexico on Thursday, July...

Hollister Police last week arrested a man who allegedly broke into the city’s drop-off shelter to steal a dog he claimed was his own. On May 5, a concerned citizen noticed a dog running loose in the City of Hollister, according to a press release...

Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith would like to eliminate the carotid control hold from the sheriff’s office use-of-force policy, because there is too much room for injury-resulting error. Local law enforcement agencies say the use of the carotid restraint is not common. However, they...