Crime

More than two months after the spring 1988 arrest of an innocent suspect for the Easter weekend murder of 21-year-old Martha Delarosa in the farm town of Hollister, investigators finally found a clue leading to the wrongfully jailed man’s release and an eventual conviction for the actual killer, Gustavo Marlow.

Hollister police last week arrested three male suspects on suspicion of possessing a stolen vehicle and trying to cash a stolen check, according to a statement from the department released Monday.

The Hollister Police Department on Wednesday announced it partnered with a state agency on a contractor sting at a home in the city.

Shortly after the Hollister Police Department on Wednesday posted an alert about a hit-and-run accident in town, the suspect turned himself in, according to the HPD.

San Benito County prosecutors this week charged Hollister resident Shawn G. Bourdet on suspicion of felony counts alleging he caused injuries to a child in the July 4 fireworks incident on Brigantino Drive.

Two of the men accused of battery against police in a Sept. 11 incident at the Hollister Elks Club—one of them faces a felony charge—are set to appear in court for continued arraignment hearings Tuesday.

The county probation department released the identities of those arrested, including four sex offenders, in a pre-Halloween compliance check.

The San Benito County Probation Department made five arrests over the weekend as part of a compliance check effort aimed at sexual offenders, according to an announcement from the agency.

A suspected bomb threat was found on the wall of a student restroom—the second incident in about five weeks at Marguerite Maze Middle School, according to a press release from the Hollister School District.

The Hollister Police Department received a $61,500 grant to fund traffic safety efforts for a year, according to an announcement from the HPD.