Crime

A fire to a home on Mulberry Court became a crime scene Tuesday when authorities realized it had been converted into an illegal marijuana grow, police and fire officials alleged.

On June 23, San Benito County Sheriff’s Sgt. Kelly Burbank and Deputy Cody Diller both medaled in weightlifting at the U.S. Police and Fire Championships in San Diego, according to an announcement. For more information on the games, visit http://www.uspfc.org.

Supervisor Robert Rivas led a group of public officials and residents Tuesday in denouncing the massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub.

Hollister police recently arrested a local man with a suspected connection to burglaries at storage facilities in the area, according to a statement from the Hollister Police Department.

Hollister’s Police Chief David Westrick, San Benito County Sheriff Darren Thompson, Probation Chief Ted Baraan and Fire Chief Bob Martin Del Campo would like to remind everyone of the dangers and penalties associated with celebratory firearm discharges and the use of illegal fireworks. Setting off fireworks and shooting guns possess a great risk for injury and even death. As such, they have no place in our City and County. Safe and sane fireworks are to be bought and used within the city limits only. Transportation outside of the city limits is prohibited.

A 34-year-old Hollister man accepted a plea deal for sexually assaulting a minor and was sentenced to 120 days in jail along with probation.

The body of a missing 64-year-old man considered "at risk" was found in a local field, according to the Hollister Police Department.

Police arrested a 16-year-old San Benito High student accused of making “threats” against the school, according to the Hollister Police Department.

District Attorney Candice Hooper reacted Tuesday to last week’s parole denial for a notorious Hollister murderer.

A chase prompted by a suspected carjacking in Santa Nella early Monday morning ended in San Benito County and with an arrest, according to the local sheriff’s office.