Crime

San Benito County Sheriff’s Capt. Eric Taylor will become the county’s new sheriff and coroner starting June 26, and will complete the unexpired term of incumbent Darren Thompson which expires in January 2023. The board of supervisors unanimously appointed Taylor as the new sheriff-coroner at...

Detectives have identified a suspect in the April 5 murder of Adolfo “Junior” Davila, and the San Benito County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding the alleged killer. In a June 8 press release, the sheriff’s office announced that a warrant...

The Hollister Police Department on Dec. 27 issued a press release that George Anthony Beltran was arrested on suspicion of felony possession of a concealed handgun, public intoxication and violation of a criminal protective order. The police said they found an unregistered handgun and two...

The Hollister Police Department announced that officers were able to seize guns, ammunition, money and other contraband during a routine traffic stop on Thursday evening. Police officers arrested Daniel Ramirez, 20, on suspicion of multiple gun related offenses along with drug dealing charges and a...

Hollister Police arrested six motorists on suspicion of DUI during heightened enforcement efforts during two September weekends, according to authorities.

A 19-year-old Hollister man shot a victim during an argument Sunday night, and police arrested the shooter on suspicion of attempted murder, according to authorities. At 10:24pm Aug. 8, Hollister Police responded to a call of shots fired on Circle Court, reads a press release...

The Hollister Police Department is praising the efforts of an off duty firefighter who called in a physical assault incident that helped lead to a gun possession arrest on Saturday afternoon.  Giovanni Bedolla, 21, was transported and booked at the San Benito County Jail for...

Gilroy resident Alan Viarengo, who taught math at Gavilan College for nearly 20 years, was arrested last week on suspicion of stalking and threatening Santa Clara County’s public health officer, and police say he has ties to the anti-government domestic terrorist group known as “Boogaloo.”

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...

The Hollister Police Department announced the arrests of three suspects linked to a stabbing that occurred July 21 on San Felipe Road, according to the Hollister Police Department.