Kern County News
Stabbing Suspect Dead in Officer Involved Shooting
By Matt Martz | 5/17/2013OILDALE — A 33-year-old Oildale man suspected of stabbing another man is dead. The suspect, Caleb Blackburn died after being transported to Kern Medical Center sho [...]
READ MORE...Traffic Stop Leads to Drug Bust
By Matt Martz | 5/14/2013
A 30-year-old Bakersfield man was arrested after a search of his vehicle during a routine traffic stop revealed $350,000 of suspected methamphetamine and heroin. The driver of the vehicle, Francisco [...]
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Man Hits Patrol Car, Leads Police on Chase
By Matt Martz | 5/7/2013
A man was arrested on Sunday after a high-speed chase that started in northwest Bakersfield and ended 30 miles later. The incident began on May 5, 2013 at around 7:5 [...]
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Bakersfield Serial Robbery Suspect Caught
By Matt Martz | 5/6/2013
BAKERSFIELD – According to detectives with the Bakersfield Police Dept., a 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a series of bank robberies t [...]
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Suspect in Bakersfield Attempted Murder Sought
By Matt Martz | 5/2/2013
The Kern County Sheriff’s office has released a photo of a man they say is suspected in an attempted murder in east Bakersfield. At about 4:15 p.m. on April 26 [...]
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Attempted Murderer in Custody After SWAT Standoff
By Matt Martz | 5/1/2013
After an intense early-morning standoff with a Bakersfield Police SWAT team, a known gang member and suspected attempted murderer is in custody. The standoff began o [...]
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US Secret Service to prosecute counterfeiting duo
By Amy Nilson | 11/30/2012
Thomas Gilbert Wilson of Delano, and Alma Cabrera of Wasco, face charges in the Northern United States District Court in San Jose under 18 U.S.C. § 371 in which [...]
READ MORE...Tags: counterfeiting, fraud
