A former Hollister police officer who was shot at by police on Sept. 9, after allegedly stealing a car and driving it onto a field in Gilroy has been charged with two felonies and a misdemeanor, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
Chad Browning, 42, of Fresno, was arrested and booked into Santa Clara County Jail with the bail of $250,000 on the evening of Sept. 9, according to Gilroy police. He was charged on Sept. 10, with felonies of assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon and vehicle theft, in addition to misdemeanors of petty theft and methamphetamine possession.
