A 25-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS ARRESTED IN HOLLISTER EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. DAMIEN MALIK BAXTER IS ACCUSED OF LEADING AUTHORITIES ON A CAR CHASE, BEFORE FLEEING FROM THEM ON FOOT. HE WAS APPREHENDED AT ABOUT 1:30 A.M., NEAR FLORA AND SAN FELIPE ROADS. BAXTER, A CONVICTED GANG MEMBER, WAS ALLEGEDLY FOUND TO HAVE BEEN DRIVING A STOLEN CAR, AND WAS IN POSSESSION OF A STOLEN GUN. HE WAS BOOKED INTO SAN BENITO COUNTY JAIL ON SEVERAL CHARGES. BOTH BAXTER AND A HOLLISTER POLICE OFFICER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES IN THE INCIDENT; THEY WERE TREATED AT HAZEL HAWKINS HOSPITAL.
