Former Cal Poly student gets 6 years, 2 months in prison for firearm shooting and possesion

Former Cal Poly student gets 6 years, 2 months in prison for firearm shooting and possesion

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) – Charles Hojaboom, a former Cal Poly student, received a 6-year, 2-month state prison sentence for firearm crimes on Cal Poly's campus in 2023, according to the SLO County District Attorney's Office. Hojaboom, 21, pleaded no contest on Aug. 27 to criminal charges of shooting at an inhabited dwelling, discharging a firearm with gross negligence, vandalism and five counts of loaded firearm possession on a college ca…

Former Cal Poly student sentenced to prison for 2023 campus shootings

Former Cal Poly student Charles Hojaboom has been sentenced to 6 years and 2 months in state prison for multiple firearm offenses committed on the Cal Poly campus in 2023.On August 27, 2025, Hojaboom pleaded no contest to shooting at an inhabited dwelling, discharging a firearm with gross negligence with an admission he personally used a deadly weapon, vandalism, and five counts of possessing a loaded firearm on a college campus. Because of thos…

Ex-student gets 6 years in prison for firing guns at Cal Poly

Charles Hojaboom was sentenced to over six years in state prison for firing guns on the Cal Poly campus in 2023, and will now have two strikes under California's Three Strikes Law. The post Former Cal Poly student sentenced to over six years in prison for firing guns on campus appeared first on Mustang News.

Former Cal Poly student sentenced to state prison for campus shooting incidents

No injuries were reported in any of the incidents – A former Cal Poly student has been sentenced to six years and two months in state prison for firearm crimes committed on the university campus in…

Cal Poly student who fired guns on campus sentenced to prison

By KAREN VELIE A former Cal Poly student was recently sentenced to serve six years and two months in state prison after he fired guns on the Cal Poly campus in 2023. In August, Charles Hojaboom pled no contest to shooting at an inhabited dwelling, discharging a firearm with gross negligence, vandalism, and five counts […]