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Two Charged in Bakersfield Drug Bust

BAKERSFIELD — Special unit officers in Kern County made a major drug bust on Thursday, seizing over $100,000 of narcotics. Arrested were 36-year-old Daniel Cantu and 22-year-old Jesus Gonzalez, both

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Suspect in East Bakersfield Market Shooting Arrested

BAKERSFIELD — A 21-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday for shooting a clerk multiple times during a Monday robbery at a neighborhood market on Robinson St. in east Bakersfield. Virginio Zurita

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Man Arrested for Second Time in Daughter’s Death

BAKERSFIELD — Police arrested a Bakersfield man for the second time on Tuesday for the murder of his four-month-old daughter. The Bakersfield Police Dept. took John Wilburn into custody and

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Maricopa Man Arrested in Overnight Stabbing Incident

TAFT — Kern County deputies and Taft Police Officers arrested a 28-year-old Maricopa man for allegedly stabbing another man overnight. Dale Allen Knight was booked into the Taft City Jail

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Bakersfield Verizon Store Thief Caught in Stockton

BAKERSFIELD — Police have identified an Oakland juvenile wanted in connection with a burglary and robbery at two Bakersfield cellular stores last month. According to Bakersfield Police Detective Ted King,

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Three Arrested in Under-Age Alcohol Sales

WASCO — A sting in the City of Wasco has three local businesses facing the potential loss of their liquor licenses. La Nortena Bakery at 1000 “F” Street, Wasco Chevron

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Over 3,171 marijuana plants seized

LAMONT — Six suspects were arrested in a rural part of Kern County on Wednesday, after sheriff’s deputies  served a search warrant on a concealed marijuana field near the Walker

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Ontario Man Busted in Illegal Kern County Marijuana Grow

DELANO — Police  busted a 48-year-old Ontario man in Kern County on Tuesday after an investigation led them to a  large marijuana field in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Officials said

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Murderer Arrested in Pot Shop Double Homicide

OILDALE — Bridget Daniels can finally move on after police arrested her son’s killer. It took Bakersfield police a little over a week, but the hunt for one of two

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Three-month investigation ends in the arrest of one attempted murderer

BAKERSFIELD — A three-month police investigation into the stabbing of a man in Oildale has finally resulted in the arrest of one suspect. According to Police, Salvador Padilla, 41, was