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Live posts via Twitter, from 12:50 to 5:50 p.m.:
• CHP has shut down northbound Interstate 5 near the Grapevine after a multi-vehicle crash. There are at least 15 patients.
• Officials have stopped traffic at Fort Tejon. There are four patients with major injuries, three others are good.
• A Hazmat crew is also being called to inspect the big rig's load. The rig was involved in a crash.
• Officials are on their way to their offices to get more cones.
• All...
A runaway big rig heading northbound on Interstate 5 in Fort Tejon crashed into five vehicles Wednesday and injured several people, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The incident happened shortly before 1 p.m. when the driver of the big rig apparently lost control and struck the vehicles just north of the Tejon truck escape ramp, officers said. The number and severity of the injuries could not be immediately confirmed, but scanner traffic indicated two helicopters were being called...
The family of the 16-year-old boy shot to death last week when he answered the front door in an east Bakersfield apartment is asking for donations for a memorial fund.
June Juvon Haydon, an East High junior, was killed the night of Dec. 23 as he was spending time with family on the 1900 block of Quincy Street.
He answered the door after someone knocked and was shot once. Family said June was a good kid, and there was no reason for what happened to him.
The only suspect information...
California Highway Patrol Press Release
MAJOR INJURY TRAFFIC COLLISION SR-202 WEST OF TAMERON RD
On December 29, 2008 at approx 7:35 PM, Ms. Sabrina Walker (Age 18, Tehachapi,Ca) was traveling eastbound SR- 202 at a undetermined speed in a BMW sedan. Mr. Shawn Hayes (age 40, Tehachapi, Ca) was traveling westbound SR-202 at a speed of approx 45 m.p.h.. For an unknown reason Ms Walker steered her vehicle to the left and entered the westbound lane of SR-202. The two...
Location:
1701 Pacheco Road,
Bakersfield, CA
Turns out all the smoke at Snoop Dogg’s concert Saturday wasn’t all the rappers’ and concert goers’ doing.
According to Marcus Johnson, Fox Theater services manager, a haze machine was used to blow smoke through the arena. Officials used the machine, for lighting effects, from the beginning of the concert to the end, he said.
“It makes the lights stand out,” Johnson said. “We had to turn off the smoke alarms to use the machine.”...
An Automobile Club of Southern California study shows young women, ages 21-24, are more and more frequently getting on the road, driving drunk and hurting or killing people.
The club did the study after news reports of Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie got into trouble for their antics. Celebrities do indeed lead us in bad ways.
Young men in the same age groups are also causing more alcohol-involved crashes.
So kids, smarten up and don't be a statistic. You know the drill --...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. JAY HANBY M BAKERSFIELD CA 93312 W 30/12/2008 VC 14601.1( KCS LABORER ...
A 5th District Court of Appeals judge ruled Tuesday that the Kern County prosecutor's office should not have been disqualified from handling a case in which a Bakersfield man was accused of setting his girlfriend on fire.
The ruling sends the trial of Israel Evaro back to Bakersfield for a a Feb. 23 trial, reported KGET Channel 17.
Kern County Superior Court Judge Lee Felice ruled in Oct. 2007 that the prosectuor's office could not fairly handle the case. But on Tuesday the appeals court...
For Immediate Release Tuesday, December 30, 2008
New Year’s Eve Safety Reminders
The Bakersfield Police Department would like to see that all of our citizens are
able to safely enjoy the upcoming holiday. To help ensure that occurs we would
like to offer the following reminders.
If you are going to be celebrating please do so responsibly. Always designate a
sober driver. The police department will have extra officers out looking for those
drivers who are driving under the...
LAKE ISABELLA, CA – Tuesday December, 30th, 2008, at approximately
11:04 A.M. a call was received by the Kern County Fire Department for a
vehicle that had gone over an embankment. 3 Stations from the Lake
Isabella and Kernville area, and 10 firefighters responded to this
incident. The Kern County Fire Department was also aided by the Kern
County Parks & Recreation Lake Patrol boat and the California Highway
Patrol.
While returning from a Medical Aid call, the crew from the...
For Immediate Release Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Calcutta Drive Shooting
On 12/30/08, at 10:50 a.m. Bakersfield Police received a report of a shooting at
the apartment complex at 1400 Calcutta Drive.
Officers arrived and located the victim, Dan Estabrook (53), outside his apartment. He had suffered a gunshot wound to his arm and chest. The victim said he had just arrived home and upon approaching his apartment observed that the front door was ajar. As he pushed the door open and entered...
Details:
The Sheriff’s Office, Off-Road Vehicle Team will be working in collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) over the New Years Eve holiday weekend. There will be directed patrols throughout North-Eastern Kern County. Sheriff’s Deputies and BLM Rangers will be enforcing all applicable laws, specifically checking for off-road riders who are riding off route in designated trail areas. They will also be checking riders for drunk driving, driver...
Location:
Niles and Fairfax,
bakersfield,
Trying to get more on this: Hit and Run - Injuries Location: NILES ST and FAIRFAX RD ADDITIONAL DETAILS 12:18PM VEH VS JUV ON SKATEBOARD Just spoke to CHP Officer Greg Williams about this. He said, "the kid got off his skateboard and left long before we got to the scene."
Location:
1400 calcutta drive,
bakersfield,
Location:
1400 calcutta drive,
bakersfield,
Veteran reporter Steve Swenson is on scene at the location of a shooting in the 1400 block of Calcutta Drive. He just called in. At 10.50 am. at 1400 Calcutta Drive, an adult male in his 50s went into his apartment and saw a suspect inside the apartment. The suspect shot him immediately in his upper body with a handgun and then the suspect ran away on foot. He was last seen running toward White Lane. The victim was taken to KMC where he is in serious condition. Only suspect info is a...
Location:
11000 snow road,
bakersfield,
Bakersfield, CA – Tuesday December 30th 2008 at approximately 9:08 A.M., a call was received by the Kern County Fire Department for a vehicle fire in the 11000 block of Snow Road in Bakersfield. 13 Kern County Firefighters responded to the incident. Upon arrival, crews were faced with a developing fire in Mobile Tool truck equipped with Propane tanks. The first engine crew made an attack on the fire while the other crews assisted with additional water supply and the evacuation...
Police are looking for suspects who fled the scene in a silver model Dodge 4-door compact.
According to local TV, the homeowner was shot in the chest when he interrupted a burglary. He's been taken to hospital.
Highway 178 has reopened.
previous alert:
A car has rolled off Highway 178, 75 yards downhill and is resting at the edge of the river.
Anticipating a tricky rescue, CHP has shut down both lanes of 178 AT YANKEE CANYON AND AT AUXILIARY DAM.
It's not known at this point how long the road will be closed.
Location:
1400 Calcutta Drive,
bakersfield,
BPD is responding to a shooting with injuries in the 1400 block of Calcutta Drive.
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below.
ERIC RODRIGUEZ &nbs p; M 5647 E HEDGES AV ; FRESNO & nbsp; CA 93703 H...
At 7:38 PM, on 12/29/08, Kern County Fire Department units were dispatched to a reported head-on collision on Highway 202, approximately 3 miles east of the western intersection of Cummings Valley Road and Highway 202. Engines 12, 16 and 18 and Kern Battalion 1 arrived a short time later and began their arduous task of extricating two seriously-injured victims of a high speed collision. Assisted by fire crews from the Cummings Valley Correctional Institute (CCI), several law enforcement...
A woman suffered serious smoke inhalation in a single-room apartment fire at 2327 San Emidio Street Monday night.
A man also suffered smoke inhalation in the 7:48 p.m. fire.. Both were taken to a hospital for treatment. Firefighters said the small kitchen fire showed the dangers of smoke.
DATE: Dec. 29, 2008 ADULTS INJURED: 2
TIME: 0748 hrs MINORS INJURED: 0
INCIDENT TYPE: Structure fire CIVILIAN FATALITIES: 0
ADDRESS / LOCATION: 2327 San Emidio St. CIVILIANS RESCUED : 0...
Just found this story on the Marin Independent Journal's Web site.
According to the site, the Bakersfield lawyer's name is Mark Joseph Madrigali.
There's loads more information here.
I thought there would be a fog delay in Bakersfield it was so hazy.
Weird thing was, we were inside The Fox Theater. And Snoop Dogg was on stage.
Yes, weed smoke was in the air during his show Saturday night. Except for the dozen or so weed plants on stage, Snoop kept his weed activity concealed. At one point, he was handed some from an audience member. He went by the DJ's booth with friends to have a "discussion," he said. The group, presumably, smoked it.
But the audience...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. JESSE WHITLOW M ROSAMOND CA 93560 W 27/12/2008 PC 647(F) KCS ...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. RAMON CARO M WASCO CA 93280 H 27/12/2008 VC 14601.1( KCS ...
Location:
2400 Ashby Street,
Bakersfield, CA
Bakersfield Police arrested a 30-year-old Bakersfield man Saturday afternoon after he refused to stop for an officer on a motorcycle, leading police on a car and foot chase through northeast Bakersfield. Police attempted to pull over Curtis James Threlkeld for a vehicle code violation shortly after 1 p.m., but he refused to stop. He stopped after a few minutes chase near China Grade Loop and North Chester Avenue, and fled from his vehicle. Police finally caught him hiding in the 2400...
Location:
2145 Jubilee Drive,
Wasco, CA
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008 Time: 4:37:37 PM Details: On 12/27/08, at about 0030am, Wasco City Deputies responded to suspicious circumstances in the area of Jubilee Drive and Palm Avenue. Upon arrival deputies began to check the apartment complex located at 2145 Jubilee Drive. Deputies saw a subject running back toward the front door of...
Location:
5500 Stockdale Highway,
Bakersfield, CA
A 30-year-old Bakersfield man was booked into Kern County Jail Saturday on charges of felony hit and run and driving under the influence of alcohol after he allegedly rear ended another car when speeding, and tried to flee the crash scene, police said. Roger Hardin was arrested after the 12:16 a.m. crash on the 5500 block of Stockdale Highway. Hadin was driving his red Chevrolet Suburban west on Stockdale at a high rate of speed when he rear ended a Toyota Corolla, police said. Hardin...
Location:
100 Shattuck Avenue,
Taft, CA
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date: Saturday, December 27, 2008 Time: 4:56:33 PM Details: On December 27th, at approximately 10:30 am, a Taft man went to 100 Shattuck Av to check the welfare of his mother, 68 year old Edith Yates. She had not been answering her telephone and had not been seen since the night before. When he arrived at the residence, he found it locked. He was able to...
Location:
100 Shattuck Avenue,
Taft, CA
Kern County Sheriff's detectives are wrapping up their investigation of a possible homicide on the 100 block of Shattuck Avenue in Taft. An elderly female was found dead by her family in her house. She lived alone, officials said. There was some indication that the death was not natural, but officials would not give any details. At 4:30 p.m. Sheriff's detectives said they were wrapping up their investigation there. More details will be released shortly. — Jorge Barrientos,...
Location:
400 White Lane,
Bakersfield, CA
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date: Friday, December 26, 2008 Time: 10:24:16 PM Details: On 12/26/08 1600 hrs. Sheriff’s Gang Suppression investigators went to 400 White Lane Apt. #96 to attempt to locate two suspected gang members who had outstanding warrants for their arrest. At the apartment Gang investigators located and arrested one of the warrant suspects, Adam Vargas,...
Location:
400 4th Avenue ,
Taft, CA
Kern County Fire Department Press Release TAFT, CA – A family of 6 narrowly escaped their burning home early this morning. At approximately 1:41 am, an alert neighbor noticed heavy smoke coming from the home in the 400 block of 4th Avenue in Taft, and awakened the residents inside. The home did have a smoke detector, but it did not operate or alert the occupants. Approximately 13 Kern County Firefighters responded to the incident. Upon arrival, crews were faced...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, CA
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. MARIO SANTACRUZ M BAKERSFIELD CA 93313 H 26/12/2008 PC DETAINER KCS NONE ...
Pedestrian versus bus
NEWS RELEASE
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CORONER DIVISION
This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters. Facts concerning news events of major importance, which occur after the preparation of this release, will be made available to reporters at their request as soon as it is possible to do.
DECEDENT'S NAME: James...
Gang Suppression Deputies arrest jail escaped inmate
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Friday, December 26, 2008
Time: 5:15:49 PM
Department Contact: Michael Whiting
Phone:
Details:On 12-06-08, Inmate Jaime Garcia Jr. was released in error by jail staff. Today at approximately 10:00 a.m. investigators from the Sheriff’s Gang Suppression Section went to the motel 6,...
Location:
100 Q Street,
Taft, CA
Kern County Fire Department Press Release TAFT, CA – December 26th 2008 at approximately 8:05 A.M., a call was received by the Kern County Fire Department for a house fire in the 100 block of Q Street in Taft. Approximately 12 Kern County Firefighters responded to the incident. Upon arrival, fire crews were faced with a developing fire in the attic at the rear of the 1000 sq ft single story wooden structure. The first arriving fire crew made entry into the structure to...
Location:
500 Kern Street,
Taft, CA
Kern County Fire Department Press Release TAFT, CA – On Friday, December 26th, 2008 at approximately 9:22 A.M., the Kern County Fire Department responded to a vehicle accident in the 500 block of Kern Street in Taft. As fire crews were cleaning up from an earlier structure fire, two engines were dispatched to the report of a vehicle accident. Upon arrival, fire crews were faced with a two car accident; one of them coming to rest in the entrance of the Kern Street...
Location:
Wasco, CA
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date: Friday, December 26, 2008 Time: 10:33:06 AM Details: Kern County Sheriff's Deputies from the Wasco Substation began an investigation into a series of commercial burglaries at the Wasco Floyd's Hardware store that resulted in 13 arrests this past week. The investigation started in early December when Floyd's management discovered evidence...
Location:
McCray Road and Walker Pass Road,
Lake Isabella, CA
UPDATE (1 p.m.) Highway 178 south of Isabella Lake is now open in both directions with no restrictions, according to California Highway Patrol. ---- PREVIOUS POST: California Highway Patrol and Caltrans officials shut down Highway 178 in both directions in the Mountain Mesa area due to icy roads. Several crashes were reported just after 10 a.m. near McCray Road and the highway, also called Walker Pass Road. It's just south of Isabella Lake. One vehicle went into a guardrail....
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. HUGO LEON M WASCO CA 93280 H 24/12/2008 VC 23152(A)VC 23152(B)VC 23109(A)VC 12500(A)VC 24601 KCS LABORER ...
Scanner traffic via Twitter:
• Police were called to Kern County Jail for an attempted suicide. No one was hurt, according to Bakersfield Police. (9:00 p.m.)
• Paramedics are taking a stabbing victim from Lamont to the hospital. He was stabbed in the lower left chest (6:26 p.m.)
• Caller stating a neighbor shot her dog with a BB gun (4:05 p.m.)
• A dust storm is blowing through the Buttonwillow area at Interstate 5 and Lerdo Highway, according to CHP. Visibility...
Location:
Greenhorn Summit,
, CA
Update (5:50 p.m.) California Highway Patrol has closed Highway 178 (also called Walker Pass Road) from Chimney Peak Road to Highway 14 in the Inyokern area due to heavy snow and ice. It's about a 20-mile distance. California Highway Patrol has also reopened Highway 155, but is requiring tire chains and 4x4 vehicles to get through the snow. EARLIER POST: California Highway Patrol has closed westbound traffic on Highway 155 near Lake Isabella after several vehicles got stuck in the...
From the CHP incident Web site:
Incident: 0141
Type: Traffic Hazard - Animal
Location: SR46 JEO SR33 ThomasBrothers: 1 3C info as of: 12/25/2008 2:15:54 PM
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
2:09PM HEARD OF SHEEP CROSSING THE RD TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE
RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS
2:10PM CHP Unit Enroute
Scanner traffic: 100 subjects playing in the snow at Tehachapi mountain park.
Why this is a big deal.
The oldest person arrested in Bakersfield on Christmas Eve was 68-year-old Dennis Ricards who was charged with DUI alcohol at 5 p.m.
The fourth oldest arrestee was 50-year-old Susan York who was cited for disorderly conduct: prostitution.
Location:
3400 Loyalton Avenue,
Bakersfield, CA 93313
From the Bakersfield Police Department: Murder investigation: On 12-25-08 at about 1:47 a.m. officers responded to an apartment complex in the 3400 block of Loyalton Avenue for a 911 call regarding an unknown situation. The caller advised that a possible gunshot had been heard. When officers arrived they were directed to the north side of the apartment complex where they located Luis Eduardo Martinez 19 of Bakersfield. Martinez was found to have suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, CA
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. CORY GARRETT M BAKERSFIELD CA 93312 W 24/12/2008 PC 4502 PC 653.75 PC 4532(B)( KCS ULTRASOUND TECH ...
Location:
3400 loyalton avenue,
bakersfield, ca 93313
HOMICIDE NEWS RELEASE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CORONER DIVISION This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters. Facts concerning news events of major importance, which occur after the preparation of this release, will be made available to reporters at their request as soon as it is possible to do. DECEDENT'S NAME: LUIS E....
Location:
1900 Quincy Street,
Bakersfield, CA
It’s been a bad year for the residents of an apartment at 1900½ Quincy Street. In May, a murder suspect escaped from custody while at nearby Kern Medical Center. He ran through east Bakersfield streets and then broke into that apartment. Andrew Quinton Hernandez awoke five sleeping residents before being Tased and captured by deputies. Then on Tuesday night, June Juvon Haydon, 16, was hanging out with his family when they heard a knock at the apartment door. Haydon...
Location:
808 South Williams Street,
Bakersfield, CA
NEWS RELEASE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CORONER DIVISION This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters. Facts concerning news events of major importance, which occur after the preparation of this release, will be made available to reporters at their request as soon as it is possible to do. DECEDENT'S NAME: Xres Escobedo ; CASE #:...
Location:
6601 Eucalyptus Drive,
Bakersfield, CA
NEWS RELEASE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CORONER DIVISION This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters. Facts concerning news events of major importance, which occur after the preparation of this release, will be made available to reporters at their request as soon as it is possible to do. DECEDENT'S NAME: Carl Delony & nbsp; CASE #: C-2760-08...
Location:
1900 Quincy St.,
Bakersfield, CA
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 Time: 10:50:25 AM Details: On 12/ 23/ 08 at 2145 hours deputies were dispatched to 1900 1/2 Quincy St. Apartment #A for a report of unknown trouble. Prior to deputies arrival a caller reported to the Sheriffs Office that one person had been shot. Upon deputies arrival they located June Juvon Haydon, age 16 deceased from...
Random scanner traffic via Twitter:
• Several juveniles fighting with baseball bats on Stirrup Avenue and Bit Street in south Bakersfield (11:10 a.m.)
• Skateboarders in parking structure on 18th and Eye streets. Car tires have been slashed. Unknown if related. (1:43 p.m.)
• CHP is reporting a crash off of the Highway 99 on ramp at Ming Avenue. Multiple vehicles involved. Lanes are blocked. Traffic is backed up. CHP is advising drivers to take alternate routes instead of...
Location:
1900 Quincy Street,
Bakersfield, CA
NEWS RELEASE KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE CORONER DIVISION This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters. Facts concerning news events of major importance, which occur after the preparation of this release, will be made available to reporters at their request as soon as it is possible to do. DECEDENT'S NAME: June Juvon Haydon & nbsp; CASE #:...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. ROBERT SHIELDS M BAKERSFIELD CA 93308 W 23/12/2008 PC 243(A) KCS LABORER ...
One person was being reported dead and another shot in the finger in a shooting in east Bakersfield, according to scanner traffic on Tuesday evening.
There were reports of a shooting about 9:45 p.m. and deputies were swarming the area, according to the scanner traffic. A Sheriff's spokesman could not immediately be reached.
Flower and Orange streets were mentioned on the scanner.
A car collided with a Bakersfield fire engine that was responding to a trash fire on Tuesday evening.
The fire engine was traveling southbound on New Stine Road and turning right onto Demaret Avenue when a car collided with it, Bakersfield police said. The car sustained major front-end damage and the fire engine had minor damage to its right front.
The driver of the car and one of the firefighters on the engine both suffered minor injuries but did not go to the hospital. An investigation...
Name release of traffic fatality
NEWS RELEASE
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CORONER DIVISION
This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters. Facts concerning news events of major importance, which occur after the preparation of this release, will be made available to reporters at their request as soon as it is possible to do.
DECEDENT'S NAME: Gilbert Hogan...
FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISION SR-202 WEST OF SCHOUT RD
On December 23, 2008 at approx 1:45 PM, Ms. Marian McMurray (Age 83, Tehachapi,Ca) was traveling westbound SR- 202 at or near the posted speed limit in a GMC Pick up . For an unknown reason she allowed her vehicle to steer to the left and began to travel in the eastbound lane of SR-202. Mr. David Weston (Age 67, Mira Loma, CA) was traveling eastbound SR-202 in a 2006 Honda Odyssey. Mr Weston attempted to avoid a collision...
Location:
Fresno, CA
Fresno investigators have matched DNA retrieved from a 1977 murder victim with a former Bakersfield resident now serving a prison sentence, according to the Fresno Bee. Investigators matched DNA from Susan Vallin, 20, a woman slain in 1977, with Larry Banks, 55. Police said he stabbed Vallin to death in the throat. She was found in an alley just north of downtown Fresno in a pool of blood. Banks is in Avenal State Prison for an unrelated crime. He has served prison time for robbery,...
Location:
800 South Williams Street,
Bakersfield, CA
The causes of death for a 5-month-old boy and a 33-year-old woman found dead in her car remain unknown, according to the coroner's office. Autopsies have been performed on Carl Deloney and Xres Escobedo but coroner’s office found no obvious causes of death. They will now perform further tests, including toxicology, to figure out what might have killed them. Xres Escobedo was found dead Saturday in a car seat in an east Bakersfield rear driveway of a home on the 800 block of South...
A sixth person has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting on Nov. 22.
Justin McCowan, 18, has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of 19-year-old David Camberos. The other suspects are Lawrence Lee Dean Jr., 18; Aleric Bernard McDonald, 15; Chad Deonte Scott, 15; Marcus Joel Johnson, 17; and Charles Scott, 16.
All have been charged as adults with first-degree murder and face 25 years to life in prison if convicted.
Camberos was found shot at an apartment complex...
Location:
Cummings Valley Boulevard and Schout Road,
Tehachapi, CA
A head-on crash Tuesday afternoon trapped several people in their vehicles, killed at least one person and sent a vehicle 20 feet down an embankment in Tehachapi, according to California Highway Patrol reports. County fire and Sheriff’s officials shut down roads near Cummings Valley Boulevard, also called State Route 202, and Schout Road. A coroner was called at about 2:30 p.m. The crash trapped two parties in their vehicles and sent one down an embankment. More information was...
The Kern County Fire Department is in the process of conducting large burning operations which will be continuing over the winter months.
Last night December 22nd, 2008 was the first major burn being conducted and was in the area of Mountain Park in Tehachapi. The logging slash piles, (wood left over from logging operations) and the clean up operations that have been ongoing throughout the year are now being burnt to reduce the fuel load in this and many other areas.
The Kern County...
You really should learn how to drive better during the winter. Then maybe highway officials wouldn’t shut down the Grapevine.
That’s why Caltrans and California Highway Patrol said they close down Interstate 5 – because they don’t trust California drivers in the snow. They drive too fast, they say.
The closure usually leads to hundreds of drivers having to choose between waiting hours for the interstate to open again, or taking an hours long detour. And it happens...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. RANDY CHAPMAN M TAFT CA 93268 W 22/12/2008 PC 496(A) KCS LABORER ...
Random scanner traffic via Twitter:
• A burglary just occurred at the Goodwill on Chester Avenue. Loss is a VCR. Suspect fled on foot.
• Caller stating a man, Elvis, threw a plastic cup at his face and fled. Dispatcher said, "Elvis has left the building."
• Crash in the upper part of the canyon has one eastbound lane blocked. There are no injuries.
• Paramedics taking a woman to the hospital for taking unknown pills. Woman said "the angel of...
Location:
6601 Eucalyptus St.,
Bakersfield, CA
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date: Monday, December 22, 2008 Time: 4:01:01 PM On December 15th, 2008 at 8:47 PM, deputy sheriffs and medical aid were dispatched to a report of a 5 month old child not breathing at the trailer park at 6601 Eucalyptus St., space 189 in Bakersfield. The child was transported to Kern Medical Center. There appeared to be no visible signs of trauma to the...
From the CHP:
(Dateline) If you chose to drink and drive this holiday season, those flashing red lights in your rear-view mirror won’t belong to a red-nosed reindeer, but to a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer’s vehicle.
In an effort to keep California’s roads safe, every available CHP officer will be out on the road during the upcoming Christmas Maximum Enforcement Period (MEP) which begins Wednesday, December 24 at 6 p.m. and continues through midnight,...
Five teens have pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and conspiracy stemming from the Nov. 22 shooting death of a 19-year-old man in north Bakersfield.
All have been charged as adults in Kern County Superior Court.
The defendants are Lawrence Lee Dean Jr., 18, Aleric Bernard McDonald, 15, Chad Deonte Scott, 15, Marcus Joel Johnson, 17, and Charles Scott, 16.
Their pleas were entered on Friday and all are being held in custody without bail.
The teens are scheduled for...
I was asked, or rather told, by a friend this weekend that the sheriff’s helicopter was flying around his neighborhood looking for houses violating the no-burn regulations. So I asked Senior Dep. Mark King from the Kern County Sheriff’s Department whether this is indeed the case.
“Our helicopters don’t have time to do that,” King told me. “We’re actively looking for criminal activities, so we don’t have time to do that.”
Now, just out of...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. MICHAEL GASCO M BAKERSFIELD CA 93305 W 21/12/2008 VC 14601.2(VC 16028(A)VC 23152(A) KCS ...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. LORENZO ARELLANO M ARVIN CA 93203 H 20/12/2008 PC 4573.6 KCS ...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. DONNELL BARTLETT M HOUSTON TX B 19/12/2008 PC 245.3 PC 243.1 KCS ...
The grand opening of the county's new Emergency Operations Center was held on Friday.
The center will help various emergency agencies coordinate with each other in case of a disaster, Kern County firefighters said. It has 50 computer terminals in its communications room, a conference room and also an area for the media.
The center cost just under $4 million, firefighters said.
From the BPD scanner at 6:15 p.m:
Two black males are chasing another male. Suspect number one has a crowbar and a dog.
The American Red Cross responded to two incidents this afternoon. Four Red Cross volunteers responded. The Bakersfield Team responded to a total loss on T Street. There was a mother and her two children ages 16 years and 4 years. We helped them with food, clothing and 3 nights in a hotel. We also gave them donated items of comfort kits (hygiene products), teddy bears, blankets and bottles of water.
The Lake Isabella Team responded to a fire Wofford Heights to a mobile home fire that...
Word came to the Breaking News Team that a group of illegal immigrants was arrested this week and most of them were released because of housing issues. Well, that wasn't the case, but there was a three-day operation in the Bakersfield area that resulted in 31 illegal immigrants being arrested.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's local fugitive operations team conducted the operation from Tuesday through Thursday, said ICE spokeswoman Virginia Kice.
Of the 31 people arrested, 12 have...
On Saturday, December 20, 2008, at 7:00 a.m., the annual Shop with a Cop event will take place at Wal Mart 8400 Rosedale Highway. Forty under privileged PAL Kids will be spending time Christmas shopping with Bakersfield Police officers. The event is sponsored by the CARE organization and Wal Mart. The media is welcome to attend.
From Bakersfield Police Department
A mobile home was destroyed by a fire in Kernville on Thursday.
There was no one home at the time, Kern County firefighters said. The fire was reported at 1:14 p.m.
No other information was immediately available.
-- Jason Kotowski
BAKERSFIELD – CA. Today Friday December 19th 2008 at approximately 1:30 P.M., The Kern County Fire Department will be receiving 10 new Pierce built patrols. These vehicles are built on a Ford chassis and are a super heavy duty design with 4 wheel drive capabilities.
A team of firefighters from the Kern County Fire Department travelled to Florida last week to collect the new equipment. The team volunteered their time to drive the equipment back to Kern County, and after 4.5 days...
BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE
December 19, 2008
Bakersfield Police are searching for a suspect wanted for 3 NO BAIL felony warrants for Burglary/Forgery and two separate cases of Identity Theft.
Michael Anthony Ayala 25 6’0” 170, black hair, brown eyes who is known to operate a Black 2002 Subaru Impreza four door vehicle California License # 5HQM655
Ayala was the subject media interest in October 2008 when he was involved in a suspected trespassing...
Location:
1500 North Clifford St.,
Inyokern, CA
KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE INYOKERN, CA - Thursday, December 18th 2008 at approximately 6:12 P.M., a call was received by the Kern County Fire Department for a fire in a double wide mobile home in the 1500 block of North Clifford St. Approximately 14 firefighters responded to the incident, assisted by a fire crew from China Lake Fire Dept. Upon arrival, crews were faced with a 1000 square foot mobile home fully involved. The first engine crew...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. MICHAEL MONTGOMERY M BAKERSFIELD CA 93307 B 18/12/2008 PC 245(A)(1 KCS UNKNOWN ...
A relative of one of the teens accused of brutally murdering an elderly couple didn't go to authorities even though the boy confided to her about the killings weeks before his arrest.
Court documents released Thursday say Koreena Merrick, a relative of 17-year-old Kyle Hoffman, kept quiet about the slayings of Joseph and Dorothy Parrott after Hoffman told her about his role in them. It wasn't until weeks later, when Hoffman confessed to a youth minister who then went to police, that Hoffman...
A man allegedly speeding on Highway 178 through the Kern River Canyon lost his life when he slammed into the canyon wall Thursday morning, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Donald Eugene Duvall, 43, of Wofford Heights was passing traffic at a high rate of speed at 7:25 a.m. when he lost control on a curve and struck a large boulder, the CHP said. He was taken to Kern Medical Center where he died of his injuries about an hour and a half later.
The five teens suspected of participating in the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man have been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy.
All have been charged as adults, meaning they face 25 years to life in prison if convicted.
Aleric B. McDonald, 15, Chad D. Scott, 15, Charles A. Scott, 16, Marcus J. Johnson, 17, and Lawrence Lee Dean Jr., 18, will be arraigned on Friday afternoon.They were originally scheduled to be arraigned Thursday, but only Dean was brought to the courtroom on...
Location:
28700 Riverside St. ,
Shafter, CA
A coroner is en route to the 28700 block of Riverside Street in Shafter. A worker in an almond orchard died as he was clearing brush into burn piles, according to Kern Fire Department official. He was working on top of a vehicle, a type of front-end loader tractor. The heavy piece of machinery toppled over and crushed the worker. Ten Kern County Fire Department firefighters are on scene awaiting the coroner. — Jorge Barrientos, Breaking News Reporter
Location:
29585 Pond Road,
Wasco, CA
Media Advisory: & nbsp; SUBJECT: Correctional officers to bring holiday gifts to Pond School You and/or your representative are invited to Pond School, 29585 Pond Road near Wasco, Dec. 19 at 9:30 a.m., to cover a unique holiday celebration involving correctional officers from North Kern State Prison and the students at Pond School. According to Pond School District Superintendent Robert...
Location:
700 union avenue,
Bakersfield, ca
From the BPD: Hit and Run Arrest On 12/18/08 at about 11:00 a.m., Bakersfield Police arrested Mark William Davis 52 of Bakersfield for the hit and run which occurred last night in the 700 block of Union Avenue wherein an 8 year old boy was struck and suffered moderate injuries. Davis was identified through witness information and was arrested at his home this morning. Original Release On Wednesday December 17, 2008 at 1838 hours the Bakersfield Police Department...
Just got off the phone with Sgt. Mark Baldwin from the Kern County Sheriff’s Department Search and Rescue team.
He took a day to get back to me but I let him off because he explained he'd been a bit busy, what with the snow and rescuing people and everything.
I was asking him about people who need rescuing when they get stuck in the snow and I wanted to know if there was a fee to get rescued.
"No," Sgt. Baldwin told me.
I asked if it was frustrating rescuing people who...
Location:
Fort Tejon, CA
UPDATED AT 12:25 P.M. The Interstate 5 closure at the Grapevine caused a bit of havoc at 9:15 a.m. Thursday when a drunk driver of a silver, 2-door BMW blew through a barricade at 100 mph at Fort Tejon, said CHP officer Greg Williams. "He was just drunk," Williams said. "He didn't see the cones, slammed on his brakes, slid and went through the barricades. The Caltrans employee jumped out of the way, and the car missed him. But he sustained injuries." The...
Reporting party requests animal control because his dog has been hit by a car. Reporting party/owner told to take dog to vet.
CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 17, 2008
DON’T LET THE DUI ‘GRINCH’ STEAL CHRISTMAS
(Dateline) If you chose to drink and drive this holiday season, those flashing red lights in your rear-view mirror won’t belong to a...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. GARETH STINE M OLANCHA CA 93549 W 7/10/08 PC 12021(A)VC 14601(A)PC 1203 3 KCS ...
On Wednesday December 17, 2008 at 1838 hours the Bakersfield Police Department Communications Center received a call of a vehicle versus pedestrian hit and run injury accident in the 700 block of Union Avenue.
Upon arrival officers located an 8 year old male juvenile from Bakersfield suffering from moderate injuries sustained in the accident lying in the number 1 lane of Union Avenue. The vehicle involved had fled the scene.
Investigation revealed the male juvenile and his adult...
Search & Rescue units are enroute to the Breckenridge 21 miles North of Comanche on stranded motorist.
Details: INCIDENT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY
The Bakersfield City Council has authorized a $95,000 settlement in the case of a teen who was bit buy a police K9.
Miguel Perez, 14 at the time of the incident, was laying under covers in his bedroom in December 2007 when a K9 searching his home lunged at him, police said. Perez suffered a cut across his forehead and above his left ear as well as a puncture below his right eyebrow.
Police had been searching Perez’s home in the 2900 block of Gary Place looking for suspects who robbed...
From a news release:
Due to inclement weather and wet grounds, the California Living Museum (CALM) has postponed tonight’s (Dec. 17) presentation of “HolidayLights at CALM” scheduled to take place from 5:30-9 p.m. We invite everyone who had planned on attending this evening to come back for any of our remaining nights of operation from Dec. 18-30, excluding Dec. 24 and 25 when we will be closed.
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
TAKILA CORNOA was reported as a missing person on 12/10/08. TAKILA was
last known to be in the company of “TERRANCE TURNER” aka “TJ”. TURNER is
a White male, 21 years old, 5’8”, 180-210, blonde, blue. TURNER drives a
1995, White Ford Ranger pick-up with Nevada License plates 974UZP. The
truck has a large black front bumper and “KC” off road lights in the
grill. TAKILA was last...
On 12-16-08, Detectives McNeal and Findley arrested three male juveniles
ages 15,15, and 17 for the murder of David Camberos 19 on 11-22-08, at
approximately 10:40 p.m. at the Willows Apartment complex, 1200 40th
Street. Five suspects were involved in the murder. An additional 16
year old male suspect turned himself into the police department today
following the first three arrests. One suspect remains outstanding, he
has been identified as:
Lawrence Lee Dean Jr....
The Fresno Bee hasn't left a stone uncovered in its reporting of the Thomas Philip trial. Philip tussled with Kern County Sheriff's Deputies in 2003 and was bitten by a law enforcement dog. He's claiming the "We'll Kick Your Ass" and "We'll Bite Your Ass" decals which briefly appeared on sheriff patrol cars when Mack Wimbish was in charge show a department culture of "intent to do harm."
Anyway, today's Bee story is here, but here's a highlight if you can't...
Location:
Piute Mountain Road and Kelso Valley Road,
Kern , CA
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Time: 9:29:55 AM Details: On December 16, 2008 at 1815 hours, 47 year-old David Mericle and his 20 year-old son Phillip contacted the Sheriff's Department reporting they were stranded in deep snow near the Piute Mountain area. Their Jeep had slid off the road after a chained tire had broken. They were visiting from the...
Location:
1601 Truxtun Ave.,
Bakersfield, CA
For Immediate Release on December 17, 2008 Kern Chief’s Working Together to Promote DUI Awareness Kern ‘Avoid’ anti-DUI Winter Campaign in Full Swing WHAT: The Kern County ‘Avoid’ DUI Task Force will hold a press conference to emphasize the importance of not drinking and driving this winter holiday season. Local law enforcement officials will highlight the details of DUI enforcement activities occurring over the holiday season, and...
On Wednesday, 12/17/08, at 10:00 a.m. Bakersfield Police Chief Bill
Rector will welcome Officer Dennis Eddy back to full duty as a
Bakersfield Police Officer.
Officer Eddy was shot in the line of duty on the night of February 9,
2008.
As a result of the shooting, Officer Eddy had the lower portion of his
right leg amputated. He has since been fitted with a prosthetic and
after enduring months of intense physical therapy and overcoming many
challenges he returns to full...
O ILDALE, CA – December 17th, 2008 at approximately 2:06 A.M., a call was received by the
Kern County Fire Department for a ceiling fan on fire in the 200 block of Washington Avenue in
Oildale. Approximately 11 Kern County Firefighters assisted by Bakersfield City Fire Department
responded to the incident.
Upon arrival, fire crews were faced with a developing fire in the attic at the rear of the property.
The first arriving fire crew made entry into the structure to...
Some people drink to forget.
This guy should forget to drink.
California Highway Patrol Officer Greg Williams reported a man who was arrested for dui on Saturday night when he had his pickup impounded, came into the CHP office Monday smelling of alcohol, and then on Tuesday while sitll liquored up illegally took his pickup away from the impound lot and got busted all over again for DUI.
Besides the notoriety, these episodes will cost this guy thousands of dollars and a two-year license...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. ELVIS IZAZAGA M DELANO CA 93215 H 16/12/2008 VC 40508(A)VC 4000(A) VC 16028(A) KCS LABOR ...
A father and son who became stranded Tuesday evening in the Piute Mountain area after a chain broke on their vehicle have been rescued, deputies said.
The men called deputies after becoming stuck in heavy snow and a helicopter was sent to find their exact location and direct rescue crews, deputies said. Search and rescue crews reached them a short while later.
KCSO Search and Rescue en route to Piute Mountain to rescue 2 subjects stranded in snow
Details: INCIDENT ANNOUNCEMENT ONLY
This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters. Facts concerning news events of major importance, which occur after the preparation of this release, will be made available to reporters at their request as soon as it is possible to do.
DECEDENT'S NAME: Efrain Moreno Lopez &n bsp; CASE #: C-1999-08
CITY OF RESIDENCE: Lamont,...
Nellie Martinez knows too well how America's Most Wanted’s John Walsh was feeling before Tuesday.
Martinez is still feeling it.
A serial killer who died more than a decade ago is the person who killed Walsh's 6-year-old son in 1981, police said Tuesday.
The announcement brought to a close to a case that led Walsh to head a television show about the nation's most notorious criminals and inspired changes in how authorities search for missing children, according to the...
The Lake County Record-Bee has a story on its Web site about some pot busts, including the arrest of a Bakersfield man,Travis McKinney.
Here's the relevant parts:
LAKE COUNTY -- The Lake County Sheriff's Office arrested 14 people during six marijuana raids from Oct. 30 through Dec. 6, according to a press release by Lt. Dave Garzoli, commander of the LCSO investigative division.
The division includes a marijuana eradication program.
The raids stemmed from two separate...
Details: 2008 Christmas Basket Giveaway Program.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with the Bakersfield Police Department and W.A. Thompson Distributors, will be delivering 500 Christmas food baskets to families in need throughout Kern County on Thursday December 18th, 2008.
This annual event is made possible through generous donations from benefit associations, volunteer organizations, and business owners from Kern County. The Christmas food baskets consist of two...
Location:
7400 redbank road,
bakersfield, ca
Kyle Hoffman, 17, confessed to a youth minister he knew that he was involved in the August murder of Joseph Parrott, 81, and Dorothy Parrott, 77.
The minister then told police, and police arrested him and another teen on murder charges.
We asked more than a dozen local clergy and religious leaders how they felt about the case and about confessions and confidentiality.
Most said they had never encountered even a remotely similar circumstance to Kyle Hoffman and the minister, but...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. JESUS DELEON M RIDGECREST CA 93555 H 15/12/2008 PC 1551 KCS TATOO ARTIST SARAH WILLIS F BAKERSFIELD ...
BAKERSFIELD, CA - December 15th 2008 at approximately 8:16 P.M., a call was received by the Kern County Fire Department for a structure fire in the 100 block of Day Ave. Approximately 18 Kern County Firefighters assisted by Bakersfield City Fire Department responded to the incident.
Upon arrival, crews were faced with a fire in a rear bedroom of a vacant property. The fire was spreading very quickly into the structure. The first fire crew made an initial attack to extinguish the...
SOUTH EAST BAKERSFIELD, CA - Tuesday December 15th 2008 at 4.22 P.M., the Kern
County Fire Department received several calls to explosions involving oil tanks in the 7400 block of Redbank Road, south east of Bakersfield. Approximately 30 Kern County Firefighters responded to the incident.
Upon arrival, the first Engine crew was faced with a large fire involving oil storage tanks in a field approximately 300 yards from the roadway. The initial decision was to protect the surrounding property...
The Fresno Bee has a story on its Web site about the theft of 200 chickens from a Chowchilla farm. Six people from Bakersfield were arrested in connection with the theft.
When roughly 200 clucking chickens vanished this weekend from a Chowchilla farm, Madera County sheriff's deputies immediately suspected "fowl" play.
A tipster alerted deputies that a suspicious van was parked near the farm on Road 26 early Saturday morning, sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart said. By the...
Location:
Alfred Harrell Highway and Lake Ming Road,
Bakersfield, CA
Someone on the blog asked about this so I did a little reporting: James Connors, 18, was seriously injured Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle crashed into another vehicle on Alfred Harrell Highway, according to police. Connors was heading west on the highway around 3:20 p.m. when a vehicle in front of him tried to make a u-turn. The two vehicles collided. The driver of the other vehicle was Linda Perryman, 57. Police say they have not determined exactly who was at fault. I've got a call...
Well, better late than never. For a variety of reasons, last week's crime map got delayed.
So what does it say? Well first, off property crime is most definitely up. There were 247 crimes in the week ending Dec. 7, up from 209 the week prior. That's an increase of 18 percent.
Just about every type of property crime was up as well.
• Auto thefts jumped by 35 percent, to 46 for the week
• Burglaries increased by 9 percent, to 140 for the week
• Thefts increased by 42...
Due to the cold weather and power outages in the Lake Isabella area, the
Kern County Office of Emergency Services has opened a warming center in the
Lake Isabella area. The center will
remain open until further notice and is located at:
Lake Isabella Senior Center
6409 Lake Isabella Blvd.
Lake Isabella, CA
The warming center will allow people needing the warming center to bring
small pets as long they are in cages.
If by 6:00 p.m. today power is not restored to the affected...
According to the National Weather Service, we are in for much colder and snowy weather for the next several days. Preparing your home and family for winter weather is critical for mountain residents. Consider the possibilities.
Loss of electrical power will render most home heating appliances useless. If you have a fireplace or wood burning stove, it is a good idea to have a supply of firewood on hand. No heat during cold weather will cause, at the very least, uncomfortable conditions. For...
CHP OFFERS WET AND WINTER DRIVING SAFETY TIPS
(Sacramento) As weather forecasters warn of impending rain and snow headed for the state, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) is preparing motorists by offering safe driving tips.
“Driving in inclement weather can pose numerous safety challenges,” said CHP Captain Brian Smith. “Many crashes are caused by people driving too fast in the rain, snow or fog.”
Last year in California 106 people were killed in...
Location:
7800 Easy Street,
Onyx, CA
Onyx, CA - Sunday, December 14th 2008 at approximately 10:58 P.M., a call was received by the Kern County Fire Department for a house fire in the 7800 block of Easy Street in Onyx. Approximately 16 Kern County Firefighters responded to the incident. Upon arrival, crews were faced with a double wide mobile home fully involved with fire. The first engine crew made an attack on the fire. Arriving crews worked to protect the surrounding buildings and prevent further spread of the fire...
El Paso Times has a short item about a local trucker who died over the weekend while driving through Texas.
EL PASO -- Joseph Pineiro, 51, of Bakersfield, Calif., suffered a fatal heart attack and overturned the 18-wheeler rig he was driving Saturday evening, according to a Sheriff's Office news release.
Medical officials confirmed that the driver of the 2007 Volvo Tractor Trailer had a heart attack just before the accident about 6 p.m. on Interstate 10 West between Clint and Fabens, El...
Location:
3409 Calloway Drive,
Bakersfield, CA
BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE & nbsp; &n bsp; &nb sp; &nbs p; ; For Immediate Release Monday, December 15, 2008 ...
Location:
1500 Daulph ,
Ridgecrest, CA
KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT P RESS RELEASE Ridgecrest, CA - Saturday December 13th 2008 at approximately 5:20 A.M., a call was received by the Kern County Fire Department for a house fire in the 1500 block of Daulph in Ridgecrest. Approximately 18 Kern County Firefighters responded to the incident. Upon arrival, crews were faced with a developing fire in an attic of the Mobile home. The first engine crew made an attack on the fire while the other engines...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, CA
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. ANTHONY BARBER M BAKERSFIELD CA 93309 B 13/12/2008 PC 273.6(A) KCS LONG SHOREMAN ...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, CA
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. DANIEL DUVAL M BAKERSFIELD CA 93307 W 13/12/2008 PC 1551 PC UNLAWFULPC AVOID PE KCS ...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, CA
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. MARTIN LOPEZ M BAKERSFIELD CA 93309 H 12/12/08 BP 6125 BP 6126 KCS LABOR ...
TRAFFIC FATALITY IN LAKE ISABELLA
NEWS RELEASE
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
CORONER DIVISION
This news release is prepared under the direction of the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator for the convenience of news reporters. Facts concerning news events of major importance, which occur after the preparation of this release, will be made available to reporters at their request as soon as it is possible to do.
DECEDENT'S NAME: Margaret Kathleen...
North Kern State Prison staff will deliver gifts to 29 children enrolled in the Delano Association for the Developmentally Disabled on Monday.
Staff will also be help 37 adult clients, many of which no longer have the support of their families, prison staff said.
The event will take place at First United Methodist Church at 1002 11th Ave. in Delano.
BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release Friday, December 12, 2008
DUI / Drivers License Checkpoint
On Friday, December 12, 2008 the Bakersfield Police Department Traffic
Enforcement Detail will be conducting a DUI/Drivers License Checkpoint in the
Greater Bakersfield area.
This DUI/Drivers License checkpoint enforcement event is in an effort to reduce
the number of persons injured or killed each year in DUI...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Dec. 15, 2008—As the weather turns colder and the holiday season approaches, Wal-Mart Foundation today announced the donation of more than 2,200 new coats to elementary school students in Northern and Central California who were identified by their local school district as being most in need of a new coat this winter.
Local Bakersfield Wal-Mart store associates, on behalf of Wal-Mart Foundation, will deliver approximately 1,025 coats to students at Fremont...
Location:
4733 Planz Road,
Bakersfield, CA
BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Friday, December 12, 2008 Purse Theft Arrests On 12/11/08, at 5:57 p.m. Bakersfield Police received a report of a purse theft which had just occurred at the Special FX Beauty Salon, 4733 Planz Road. A male suspect entered the business and walked over to one of the stylists’ stations where a customer’s purse was sitting on the...
Location:
2601 Panorama Drive,
Bakersfield, CA
KERN COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT P RESS RELEASE Save the Date The Grand opening of the newly completed Emergency Operations Center (EOC) for Kern County will be held at: 2601 Panorama Drive, Building B, Bakersfield, CA 93306 The date will be December 19th 2008 in the afternoon (time to be confirmed) More information and facts will be disseminated as they become available
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. VIRGINIA GARCIA F TEHACHAPI CA 93561 H 11/12/08 HS 11594 PC 166(A)(4 KCS HOME MOM ...
BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE
Indecent Exposure Arrest
On 12/11/08, at approximately 9:07 a.m. Bakersfield Police received a report of
an indecent exposure that just occurred in the 2500 block of Oswell Street.
The victim, a Kern High School District bus driver, was driving a bus north on
Oswell Street when she noticed a pick up truck pull alongside her. She noticed
that the vehicle was very close to the driver’s side of the bus. She...
FBI NEWS RELEASE
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
4500 Orange Grove Avenue
Sacramento, California 95841
For Immediate Release
December 11, 2008 Media Contact: SA Steve Dupre, (916) 977-2245
More than 40 arrested as part of multi-agency task force investigation
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After a more than two year investigation that focused on several factions of the Bakersfield Crips...
Location:
4400 Erskine Creek Rd.,
Bakersfield, CA
Kern County Fire Department Press Release LAKE ISABELLA, CA - Thursday December 11th 2008 at approximately 9:46 A.M., a call was received by the Kern County Fire Department, for a structure fire in the 4400 block of Erskine Creek Rd. 24 Kern County Firefighters responded to the incident. Their quick action prevented the fire from spreading throughout the house and was under control in approximately 25 minutes. Upon arrival, fire crews were faced with a developing fire in the living room...
Department of Justice
United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott
Eastern District of California
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SOUTH VALLEY DRUG TRAFFICKERS INDICTED
FRESNO, Calif.—United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott and Special Agent-in-Charge Mark Wollman of U.S. Immigration and...
Location:
1350 Norris Road,
Bakersfield, CA
Promotion Ceremony Friday, December 12, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium at 1350 Norris Road. This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008 Time: 11:15:46 AM Details:Sheriff Donny Youngblood is pleased to announce the following staff members will be recognized at a Promotion Ceremony to be held on Friday, December 12, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium at...
Location:
Tehachapi, CA
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Details: With the coming of the winter storm season, the staff at Tehachapi Substation would like to remind all those persons wanting to come to the snow to do so responsibly. The Tehachapi area has grown over the past years and much of the land that people come to sled and play on are private property. This has resulted in numerous complaints from the land...
Location:
1350 Norris Road,
Bakersfield, CA
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Details:Interested in a career in law enforcement? The Kern County Regional Training Center is offering the Basic Peace Officer Academy in January 2009. There are seats available for students who wish to attend the Regular Basic Peace Officer Academy. The cost of the program is approximately $2000.00. Student Testing will be held at 9:00AM on Saturday...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. ALFONSO CASTRO M BAKERSFIELD CA 93305 H 10/12/08 PC 476A(A) KCS LABOR ...
I tagged along with Felix Doligosa recently to Kern Valley State Prison where he reported officials there are battling to keep cell phones out of inmate's hands.
Investigators there shared one story that was not mentioned in Felix's report. As officers were making rounds throughout the grounds one day, they were surprised by one inmate in particular. He approached the guards and started chatting with them as if nothing was wrong. What he didn't realize was that he had left a Bluetooth ear...
Via Twitter:
• Possible shots fired at the downtown GET bus station... Police are chasing a suspect in a vehicle downtown. There is one victim of a gunshot... Suspect vehicle is a black Nissan Altima last seen going northbound on 23rd Street... There is possibly two victims of gunshots at the GET bus terminal in downtown Bakersfield, according to police scanner traffic... Shooting subjects last seen running near Kern Medical Center... Bakersfield Police and Sheriff's deputies are...
Location:
21st Street and H Street,
Bakersfield, CA
BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Wednesday, December 10, 2008 ‘H’ Street Shooting On 12/10/08, at approximately 3:09 p.m. Bakersfield Police received a report of a shooting at the intersection of 21st Street and ‘H’ Street. It has been reported that prior to the shooting there was a fight involving 10-15 subjects in a...
Location:
5200 College Avenue,
Bakersfield, CA
Kern County Fire Department Press Release BAKERSFIELD, CA - Wednesday December 10th 2008 at approximately 1:58 P.M., a call was received by the Kern County Fire Department, for a structure fire in the 5200 block of College Avenue in East Bakersfield. 15 Kern County Firefighters responded to the incident, assisted by Bakersfield City Fire Department. Their quick actions prevented the fire from spreading throughout the house and was extinguished in approximately 25 minutes. Upon arrival,...
Details:Deputy Thomas Moore was released from the hospital today at around 2:00 PM. and is requesting privacy during his recovery. Deputy Moore and his family are declining interviews with the media at this time. Deputy Moore is scheduled for another surgery on his left eye in the near future. Deputy Moore and his family are thankful for all the support they have received during this difficult time.
Any flowers or gifts for Deputy Moore can be sent to the Kern County Sheriffs Office at...
The Bakersfield FIRE Department invites the media to a “live-fire” Christmas Tree Safety demonstration.
The nature of utilizing trees indoors as part of traditional Christmas decoration presents multiple fire-safety related issues. Unfortunately, there are over 500 Christmas tree related fires every year, resulting in numerous deaths, injuries and property damage. Several basic areas of safety should be reviewed and adhered to when choosing to use trees indoors as part of the...
The BPD Christmas for Seniors program is going on again this year. Tonight, 12/10/08, from 5pm -8pm, various community groups will be wrapping gifts for seniors at the PAL center on East 4th Street. About 650 seniors have been adopted and will be receiving gifts this year. Here are just a few of the groups that will be represented tonight....
PAL kids
Cool kids from CLC Tech
Students from West High, South High, Foothill, and Cenntenial
Compton Jr. High
Bridge Church...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. ARJON HOTHI M PLAINFIELD IN I 9/12/08 HS 11352(A)PC 182(A)(1 KCS TRUCK DRIVER ...
Oildale sweep nets 11 arrests
This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office.
Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center.
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Time: 6:22:14 AM
Department Contact: Deputy Jeremy Gregory and Sr. Deputy Kenny Williams
Phone: 861-3110
Details:
On 12/09/2008, deputies from the East Bakersfield substation concentrated their efforts in the Oildale area to crack down on people using illegal...
A youth minister provided detectives with the break they needed after alleged killer Kyle Hoffman confided to the man.
The minister contacted police after Hoffman told him that he and his cousin, Luis Palafox, 16, were involved in the slayings of Joseph and Dorothy Parrott in early August, according to a search warrant obtained by KGET Channel 17. The crime was bothering Hoffman so much that he felt compelled to ask the minister if God would forgive him.
Joseph Parrott, 81, and Dorothy...
Location:
Panorama Drive and River,
Bakersfield, CA
Location:
1400 6th Street,
Wasco, CA
WASCO, CA - Tuesday, December 9th 2008 at approximately 8:02 A.M., a call was received by the Kern County Fire Department for a house fire in the1400 block of 6th Street in Wasco. Approximately 13 Kern County Firefighters responded to the incident, assisted by firefighters from Wasco State Prison Service. Upon arrival, crews were faced with a developing fire in an outside laundry area which had spread to the inside of the structure. The first engine crew made an attack on the fire...
A psychiatrist charged with determining whether accused animal abuser Cynthia Gudger is mentally competent to stand trial will have another 30 days to get the job done, a Kern County Superior Court judge ruled Tuesday.
Gudger, also known as Anita Gilbert (and apparently several other names), has developed a reputation for verbal outbursts in court, and she didn't disappoint Tuesday morning.
"I've been beaten and Tased at Lerdo Jail," she cried as soon as the hearing began. Later,...
Location:
300 11th Street,
McFarland, CA
Residents on 11th Street in McFarland are still shaken after the shooting on Saturday that severely injured Sheriff’s Deputy Thomas Moore. He was shot in the face with a shotgun while responding to a domestic disturbance. Neighbor Leticia Jimenez was talking on the phone and dropped to the ground when she heard the gunshots. "My heart dropped," Jimenez said. "I thought, 'What's going on.' But I didn't even want to go outside to see. I was scared." Several...
Location:
17695 Industrial Farm Road,
Bakersfield, Ca
Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below. ANTIOCO PATINO M BAKERSFIELD CA 93304 H 8/12/08 PC 187(A) KCS LABOR ...
A man accused of killing his girlfriend and disposing of her body in the Kern River is scheduled to return to court today after a brief delay.
Prosecutors on Monday requested that the single count of first-degree murder against 32-year-old Antioco Patino be temporarily dismissed to allow them time to gain access to critical DNA evidence.
The prosecution has 60 days after arraignment to bring defendants to trial — unless the defense agrees to the delay, said David Wilson, the county...
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