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
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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
drug bust in southwest bakersfield
Major drug bust in southwest Bakersfield. Investigators from the Kern County District Attorney’s Office executed a search warrant at a home near Stockdale Highway Wednesday where they seized over 500 fentanyl pills packaged for sale. Gage Tilson, 26, and Justin Rodriguez, 27, were arrested on drug charges after a search of their home in the…… Read More
arvin man arrested on gun charges
An Arvin man is behind bars after probation officers find guns at his house. Kern County Probation Officers searched the home of Ruben Martinez in the 100 block of B Street on Tuesday and reportedly found two 9-millimeter handguns. Martinez is charged firearm possession by a felon, possession of ammunition by a prohibited person, and…… Read More
Former congressman pleads to fraud charges
Former Central Valley Congressman T.J. Cox has agreed to plead guilty to two fraud counts and pay up to $3.5 million in restitution after being indicted on charges he defrauded companies he did business with. Federal authorities indicted Cox in 2022 and say he raked in more than $1.7 million after creating secret bank accounts…… Read More
