SEARCH FOR CARJACKER S.S.

HOLLISTER POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECTED CAR-JACKER. THE SUSPECT, 24 YEAR-OLD DARIO ISRAEL CASAREZ, (WHO WAS JUST RELEASED FROM PELICAN BAY STATE PRISON LATE LAST WEEK), IS BELIEVED TO HAVE TAKEN A HOLLISTER MAN?S CAR AT GUNPOINT SUNDAY MORNING ON BUENA VISTA ROAD. A SUSPECTED ACCOMPLICE, 32 YEAR-OLD GILROY RESIDENT ALEX HERNANDEZ, (AND 4 OTHER ACQUAINTANCES OF CASAREZ), WERE PICKED UP IN A PAROLE SWEEP, WHILE OFFICERS WERE SEARCHING FOR THE WANTED MAN. HERNANDEZ WAS BOOKED INTO SAN BENITO COUNTY JAIL. CASAREZ IS A KNOWN NORTENO GANG MEMBER. ANYONE WITH ANY IDEAS OF HIS WHEREABOUTS IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SAN BENITO COUNTY SHERIFF?S DEPARTMENT.