A Kern County sheriff’s office lieutenant faces nine felony charges after two alleged DUI crashes on the same day. Prosecutors say Patrick McNeill was off duty when he crashed around noon on March 16 at Stockdale Highway and Allen Road. Police gave him a ticket for DUI, impounded his vehicle, and took him home. McNeill…… Read More
A 30-year-old Bakersfield man faces murder charges in the death of his 74-year-old roommate. Police say Jason Garibay beat and kicked Domingo Trevino to death. Trevino’s body was discovered Monday morning at an apartment in the 400 block of South Williams Street. Garibay pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges of first-degree murder and injury to…… Read More
A 41-year-old man has pleaded no contest to nine charges after shooting a K-9 cop and pointing a gun at McFarland police officers. Eduardo Figueroa led police on a chase through McFarland, then refused to get out of his car at East Sherwood Avenue and San Lucas Street on New Year’s Day 2022. K-9 Axel…… Read More
A jury has convicted a former Kern County sheriff’s deputy of numerous sex crimes. Michael Clark was accused of preying on several women, touching them, and making crude remarks. He lost his job in 2019. At trial, Clark told the jury he consensually kissed and touched a woman to whom he gave a ride. He…… Read More
A 34-year-old arson suspect is facing murder charges following a deadly trailer fire in Oildale. Prosecutors say Nicole Taylor intentionally set fire to the home in the 6000 block of State Road on Saturday. Amber Wimberley, 52, and two dogs were found dead inside the trailer. Taylor is charged with three counts of arson along…… Read More
A former Lakeside Union School District board member pleaded no contest Tuesday to attempted statutory rape. Travis Fugitt, 40, must also register as a sex offender after he tried to meet a minor for sex. Fugitt, of Fugitt Farming and Harvesting, was arrested at Fruitvale Norris Park in 2021 where he showed up to meet…… Read More
Kern County fire investigators have arrested a Bakersfield woman in connection to a deadly trailer fire in Oildale. Nicole Taylor, 34, was booked into Lerdo Jail on Saturday hours after the blaze that took the life of Amber Wimberley, 52, and two dogs at Superior Mobile Home Park on State Road. Taylor faces several charges…… Read More
Crews with the Bakersfield Fire Department rescued a 45-year-old woman from the Kern River near Hart Park Monday. It happened around 5:20 p.m. when first responders saved the woman from an island in the river. Fire officials say the woman was exhausted from hanging onto a branch to stay afloat.… Read More
A 30-year-old man faces murder charges after a body was found inside a south Bakersfield apartment. Jason Garibay was arrested after Bakersfield police responded early Monday morning to reports of a body inside the apartment in the 400 block of South Williams Street. Anyone with information in the case is asked to call the Bakersfield…… Read More
A hearing takes place Monday for a man suspected of slitting his estranged wife’s throat after a graduation party in east Bakersfield. Rafael Estrada, 44, allegedly stabbed Taylor Estrada, 32, to death May 28 at a house in the 2400 block of Monterey Street. Kern County Sheriff’s deputies say Estrada was not invited to a…… Read More
