ARREST FOR BREAK IN, ASSAULT

A man who was caught in Santa Maria with a car that was stolen in Bakersfield may be linked to break-ins at two homes homes and the sexual assault of a woman at one. 22-year-old Able Palafox is also suspected of trying to assault a second woman one of the homes. The first attack was 1:30 Sunday morning on New Stine Road near Fjord Street, the second was on Kirkside Drive around 8:00.

Suzanne Grant