A 27-year-old man from Elk Grove is accused of kidnapping a 10-year-old girl from Taft after meeting her online. Deputies say Mathew Naval picked up the girl on Saturday. She was found safe in Sacramento County the next day and is now back with family. Naval will be brought to Kern County to face charges.…… Read More
U.S. Marshals are offering a $35,000 reward for information leading to the capture of Cesar Hernandez. Hernandez, 34, escaped custody of state prison guards in Delano four months ago and was found in Mexico in April. The State Force for Citizen’s Security is the agency involved in a shootout with Hernandez. 33-year-old agent Abigail Esparza…… Read More
The 11-year chase is finally complete − and it took a playoff. USA Today reports Rory McIlroy emerged victorious at Augusta National as the winner of the 89th Masters tournament, capturing the one major that eluded him and putting himself in golf immortality. McIlroy was in a showdown with Justin Rose, with both tied at…… Read More
A Bakersfield man faces more than seven years in prison in Kern County’s first conviction related to Proposition 36. Dennis Ghianuly was found guilty on April 10 of possession of hard drugs with two or more priors and petty theft with two or more priors. Both felonies are new crimes as a result of the…… Read More
A trio of suspects has been arrested in Northridge, CA., after investigators allegedly found evidence relating to EBT fraud, some of which occured in Kern County. Norbert Karaba, 34, Nicolae Bud, 51, and Giorgio Marcelo, 29, were apprehended April 10 when investigators from the Kern County District Attorney’s Office along with LA County law enforcement…… Read More
We’re learning more about a tragic fire that took the lives of a mother and her four young children in the eastern Kern desert town of Edwards. Witness in the 18200 block of Claymine Road told dispatchers about a trailer fully engulfed in flames at around 12:15 a.m. Thursday. A mother in her twenties identified…… Read More
A Bakersfield woman has been sentenced to four years probation after pleading no contest to felony child cruelty. Temeca Cargille must also complete 400 hours of community service and take parenting classes. The case began in 2021 when a 6-year-old foster child showed up at school with a cut lip. A lawsuit claims the child…… Read More
A special enforcement operation by the Bakersfield office of the California Highway Patrol resulted in 318 citations and two vehicles impounded. The sting between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Tuesday on Interstate 5 through the Grapevine netted 225 speeding tickets, 3 cell phone violations, and 7 seat belt violations, among other citations. 15 warnings were…… Read More
One adult and four minors are dead after a house fire in eastern Kern County. It happened around 12:15 a.m. Thursday in the 18200 block of Claymine Road near the community of Edwards where crews from Kern County Fire and Edwards Air Force Base found a house fully engulfed in flames. Nearby houses were threatened…… Read More
A prisoner who escaped from a Delano courthouse last December has allegedly been involved in a fatal shootout in Mexico. Law enforcement officials say Cesar Hernandez, 34, was involved in a firefight Wednesday afternoon when U.S. and Mexican officers tried to arrest him in the Barcelona neighborhood of Tijuana, about 30 miles from the U.S.…… Read More
