BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — A northwest Bakersfield man enters a plea after being accused of shooting his wife to death. Manuel Robles, 37, appeared in court Tuesday to answer to murder charges after his wife was found dead November 26 at the couple’s home in the 6200 block of Tallulah Falls Court. Authorities say the…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — A 38-year-old man sits in jail after a police standoff in east Bakersfield. Officers responded Tuesday morningto a ShotSpotter alert to find Uriel Bonilla, 38, reportedly barricaded inside a house in the 900 block of Kentucky Street. Cops say Bonilla fired a gun from the house. The SWAT team used flash…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Disturbing new information in the case of a walk-on band teacher accused of a sexual relationship with a student at Del Oro High School. Court documents reveal Salvador Fabien, 26, allegedly engaged in sexual acts at least twice with a 15-year-old student inside a car parked in the teacher’s parking lot…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Police shut down two homeless encampments in east Bakersfield after new complaints about drug use and illegal camping. Officers worked the area of Oswell and Auburn Streets on Friday and arrested six people on trespassing and warrant charges. They also found a runaway teenager who had been missing since July. The…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — Bakersfield Police have released the numbers from their latest DUI checkpoint. Officers screened 1,182 vehicles in the in the 200 block of Union Avenue Friday night into early Saturday morning. Six drivers were arrested for suspected DUI. BPD also cited 19 unlicensed drivers and 6 motorists for driving on suspended licenses.…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — A 66-year-old Bakersfield man has entered a plea to eight felony counts of alleged sexual abuse of children. Roman Duran-Ayala entered a not-guilty plea Monday and was ordered held on more than $7 million bail after his arrest last week on charges of rape and sex acts against minors. He’s due…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — A suspect has posted bail following a deadly hit and run accident in southwest Bakersfield. But Nicholas Aguirre, Jr., 38, will face arraignment in mid December in the wake of an accident that left Jared Mitchell, 47, dead in the 7900 block of Camino Media October 12. Mitchell’s body was discovered…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — A female inmate is back in custody after reportedly escaping from Kern County Sheriff’s deputies at Kern Medical. Erica Toledo, 29, allegedly gave deputies the slip at around 3:15 a.m. Friday after deputies brought her to the hospital on Mt. Vernon Avenue for medical treatment. Hospital staff reported seeing Toledo running…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — One year later, a teenager has been arrested after a fatal shooting at a southwest Bakersfield shopping center. Albert Briseno, Jr., 15, was apprehended Monday in connection to the shooting death November 10, 2024, of Prince Banner, 15, during a scuffle involving several teenagers in the parking lot of the Marketplace…… Read More
BAKERSFIELD, CA (KUZZ) — An employee at Del Oro High School was charged Thursday with six felony counts in a case involving sex with a minor. Band coach Salvador Fabian, 26, was arrested by the Bakersfield Police Department Special Victims Unit October 28, 2025, at the campus on East Panama Lane. Authorities say Fabian posted…… Read More
