BAKERSFIELD — A routine traffic stop on Tuesday led to the arrest of a 50-year-old man and his suspected female accomplice who allegedly are connected to a pair of Bakersfield area burglaries that occurred last month. William Kang and Colleen Waits were booked into the Kern County Jail on April 8, on one count of first degree burglary and conspiracy. Kang was additionally charged with one count of vehicle burglary, resisting arrest and parole violation.
According to the Bakersfield Police Department, the Kang was suspected of burglarizing a vehicle in the parking lot of the In-Shape City fitness club in Bakersfield on March 20, as well as a residence in the 10500 block of Marazion Hill Court on March 25. A witnesses video recorded Kang breaking the window, entering and removing items from the victim vehicle, and described the getaway car as a 2002 Toyota Camry or Corolla, silver or light green.
“Earlier today an officer spotted the suspect vehicle in the area of Truxtun Avenue and Lake Truxtun,” Detective Louis Wood of Bakersfield Police Department said. “The officer initiated a stop, taking the female driver into custody without incident.”
Wood added that Kang, who was also in the vehicle at the time, was found hiding in the rear passenger compartment, and after refusing to comply with the officer’s commands, was taken into custody with the assistance of a K-9 unit.
Kang was treated for minor injuries at Kern Medical Center before being released and booked.
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