Crime

An adult male was stabbed to death outside Agua Azul Bar early Monday morning, according to the Hollister Police Department.

Read recent blotter items from the Hollister Police Department.

At around noon Thursday, Hollister police arrested a 20-year-old Hollister man at the skate park on suspicion of possessing a loaded firearm in a public place and for a felony warrant alleging possession of marijuana for sale.

The Hollister Police Department will use a new $39,440 grant award for such activities as drunk driving training, saturation patrols and distracted driving enforcement, according to an announcement from the HPD.

Two suspected thieves were seen driving away early this morning, Friday, in a stolen golf cart filled with stolen equipment and other items from the Spirit of Morgan Hill fastpitch softball league’s equipment shed on the San Martin Gwinn Elementary School campus, according to a janitor who witnessed the incident.

Former sheriff’s deputy Jason T. Lei was sentenced Thursday to 240 days in county jail and three years of probation for embezzling from the deputies union.

Hollister police Sunday arrested a 19-year-old Hollister man and alleged the driver had been pursuing another vehicle while pointing a handgun at its occupants, according to the Hollister Police Department.

Sept. 29

Hollister police responded to two separate stabbings Saturday night and arrested one suspect in the cases, according to statements from the Hollister Police Department.

As part of the "Avoid the 20" campaign, the California Highway Patrol is conducting a DUI checkpoint Saturday night in the Hollister area.