Crime

A regional Boy Scouts of America official released a statement and then responded in an interview following the arrest of Joseph Alvarado, a Hollister emergency medical services specialist booked on suspicion of sexually assaulting two teenage boys between 2002 and 2005.

The county emergency medical services specialist accused of sexually assaulting two teenage boys between 2002 and 2005 was a local Boy Scouts troop leader until Friday and recently advised teenage members of the Career Explorer Program at the Hollister Fire Department.

Local emergency crews have responded to a couple of crashes, fallen trees and flooding issues in the early hours of Thursday's storm, Police Chief David Westrick said.

Read the latest blotter items from the Hollister Police Department.

Hollister police are asking for residents' help identifying suspects from three recent shoplifting incidents.

Police on Friday arrested a Hollister man on suspicion of committing lewd and lascivious acts against a child under age 14 over the course of more than a year, according to the Hollister Police Department.

Hollister police have located a wanted registered sex offender out of state, according to a statement from police.

Hollister police have arrested two registered sex offenders for failing to register properly, according to a statement from police.

Read the latest blotter items from the Hollister Police Department.

Police Chief David Westrick pointed out that skateboarding is strictly prohibited at the Veterans Memorial Building and he gives officers discretion on enforcement, in light of complaints from an American Legion leader's complaints about it.