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UPDATE: Garcia has been caught. See below for details.

Date:  Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Time:  1:07:51 AM
Department Contact:Michael Whorf
Phone:  661-303-4592

Details: The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the
public’s assistance in locating Richard Garcia, who has a warrant
for his arrest. Garcia is wanted for two counts of Child Endangerment. I
have attached a copy of Garcia’s Wanted Poster containing his
descriptive information with this news release.

On 2/20/2009 Kern County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a
report of an infant not breathing at Garcia’s residence in the 3100
block of Kentucky Street. The infant was found to be deceased.
Subsequent investigation revealed that the infant’s parents failed to
exercise proper care for the infant, due to recent drug use.

Anyone with information regarding Garcia’s whereabouts may contact
Detective Aseltine (661) 391-7500, the Secret Witness Program at (661)
322-4040, the Kern County Sheriff’s Office at (661) 861-3110 or
sheriffsmostwanted@kernsheriff.com.

Arrest of Richard Garcia

This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.

Date:  Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Time:  4:28:39 PM
Department Contact: Lloyd Waters
Phone: 

Details: On 6/30/09 at approximately 1535 hours, warrant suspect Richard Garcia was arrested by Sheriff's Deputies outside his residence without incident.  Information regarding Garcia had been previously released to local news media and on the Kern County Sheriff's Office website, www.kernsheriff.com.  Garcia's timely arrest was made possible by anonymous assitance from the public.