A Bakersfield attorney has been arrested on suspicion of driving drunk after crashing into a DUI checkpoint. William Wright, 42, reportedly ran through the checkpoint and hit the back of a Highway Patrol car during the set-up of the operation at Calloway and Slikker Drives December 14. The patrol car struck three CHP personnel who…… Read More
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man convicted of sex crimes receives sentence
A man found guilty of exposing himself to a woman pushing her daughter in a stroller at Panorama Park is sentenced to six months’ time served. Timothy Kensavath, 24, was ordered Thursday to register as a sex offender after the incident at the park in northeast Bakersfield in August. Kensavath pleaded no contest to groping…… Read More
Dui driver sentenced to prison
A Bakersfield man found guilty of felony DUI charges after a crash that injured a man and his wife will spend a year in jail. Sean Tokash, 25, will also be on probation for five years after the accident in April 2023 where the passengers in his car were injured when he ran a red…… Read More
Fraudster gets 16 years in prison
A Bakersfield man deliberately crashed his car into other vehicles, then filed insurance claims to be paid for his schemes. As a result, Jacob McNabb, 33, will spend sixteen years behind bars after his guilty conviction in November on fifteen counts of fraud. McNabb received money for repairs in each case but kept the payouts…… Read More
scrivner: zero child support
Former Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner wants his child support payments to be “zero.” Court documents indicate the 50-year-old made the request because his failing health and the investigation into child abuse allegations have kept him from finding work. Scrivner agreed in August to pay child support support retroactive to May 1 for his four…… Read More
sentencing delayed for union avenue pimp
Medical problems have caused a delay in sentencing for a woman who forced her girlfriend to prostitute herself at a seedy hotel in south Bakersfield. But Javonna Lewis, 26, will be sentenced on January 7, 2025, and could spend life in prison after abusing her 17-year-old lover as the girl slept at the Desert Star…… Read More
STOCKTON MAN ARRESTED FOR PIMPING
Authorities have arrested a Stockton man who allegedly tried to recruit an undercover police officer to work for him as a prostitute. Anaheim Police say Lawrence Henderson, 35, allegedly used social media to recruit a woman who was actually an officer with the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force. Henderson and the undercover officer arranged…… Read More
speeder does 90 mph AT dui CHECKPOINT
A driver doing 90 miles per hour near a DUI checkpoint in southwest Bakersfield gets a ticket and has his car impounded. It happened during Friday night’s operation in the 8300 block of Ming Avenue near Gosford Road where 1,071 vehicles were screened. Five drivers were cited for driving under the influence, including one person…… Read More
home invasion possible hoax
A home invasion in southwest Bakersfield may have been a hoax. New information released by police on Friday indicates much of what the alleged victim told police about the incident October 15, 2024 was made up. A woman claimed a stranger had broken into her home at Hurricane Creek Court and Yellowstone River Drive while…… Read More
reward offered for escaped convict
Valley Crime Stoppers and state prison officials are offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a convicted killer who escaped from custody in Delano. Cesar Hernandez, 34, bolted from the parking lot of the Kern County courthouse on Jefferson Street as state prison guards were taking him inside the building December…… Read More
