The sheriff’s office Rural Crimes Unit has arrested 49 year-old Denny Gutschlag from Taft for allegedly stealing $1,700 in copper wire.… Read More
KUZZ News
BAKO POLICE LOOKING FOR FATAL STABBING SUSPECT
Bakersfield Police are trying to find out who fatally stabbed a man found bleeding in the street around 9:00 Thursday night.… Read More
MISTRIAL IN ARVIN NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING
A mistrial has been declared in the case of a woman who was charged with first degree murder for her role in the deaths of two men at El Portero Nightclub in Arvin.… Read More
SWAT COMES UP EMPTY AFTER STANDOFF AT OILDALE HOME
A 27 year-old man who showed up at his wife’s house despite a stay-away order managed to elude deputies who surrounded the home.… Read More
SHERIFF’S DEPUTY WHO ESCAPED LOCKED PATROL CAR TAKES PLEA DEAL
Former sheriff’s deputy Edward Tucker, whose escape from a locked patrol car at the Bakersfield jail was caught on video, has pleaded no contest to charges of pointing a gun at two girls, and driving a car and using a firearm while high on meth.… Read More
SHERIFFS INVESTIGATING FAILED LERDO JAIL BREAK
The Sheriff’s Office is investigating how an inmate slipped out of his handcuffs and then tried to escape from Lerdo Jail by stealing a van.… Read More
SECOND ALBERTSON’S REOPENS IN BAKERSFIELD
The second of three Albertson’s that closed after the store was taken over by Haggen has reopened.… Read More
BAKO POLICE HELP BAIL AGENTS NAB WANTED MAN
Bakersfield police were called in to backup bail agents after man barricaded himself in a house on Sowerby Village Lane, just north of east Brundage Lane.… Read More
BAKO MAN JAILED ON CHARGES OF MAIL THEFT
A 35-year-old man from northwest Bakersfield is being held on $250,000 bail after his arrest on mail theft charges.… Read More
KERN COUNTY SHERIFFS WARN OF PHONE SCAM
Sheriffs are urging residents to be aware of a possible phone scam happening in Kern County.… Read More
