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Murder or self-defense? Trial begins for man charged in fatal shooting outside La Mina Cantina
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Words were exchanged, punches thrown and the situation outside the southwest Bakersfield bar escalated into a brawl. Stories differ as to what started the melee, but surveillance video caught what ended it: Raymond Blas Gallegos pulled a gun and fired two shots, killing one man and wounding another. The jury chosen […]
One woman has died and three others transported following head-on collision on Highway 1 Sunday
One woman has died and three others were transported with major to moderate injuries following a head-on collision on Highway 1 Sunday afternoon. The post One woman has died and three others transported following head-on collision on Highway 1 Sunday appeared first on News Channel 3-12.
BPD seeks missing teens
Bakersfield police are looking for two teens who went missing in separate incidents Friday and Saturday. Miel Gonzalez was last seen at 9:25 p.m. Friday in the 6200 block of Whitley Court, the Bakersfield Police Department reported in a news release. She was described as 17 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall and 120 pounds with long black hair and brown eyes, wearing a black shirt and blue pants with a butterfly print.
Kern County Sheriff’s ask for public assistance in locating missing woman
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the community’s help locating a missing woman last seen May 6th. According to KCSO, Ana Barbosa, 53, was last seen wearing a tan sweater, black leggings and black Nike Shoes. She is at-risk due to being her first time missing. She stands five […]
One killed in Highway 1 accident
– On Sunday at approximately 3:20 p.m., a 20-year-old unidentified driver was traveling in a Honda Civic northbound in the northbound lane of Highway 1, north of Burton Dr., in Cambria, at an unknown rate of speed. Also traveling in the Civic was 19-year-old Isabel Farrar of Flagstaff Arizona. 56-year-old...
Courtroom may be assigned Thursday for trial in CDCR counselor’s death
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Two men accused of killing a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation counselor could be assigned a courtroom on Thursday for their trial on charges of murder and attempted robbery. Robert Pernell Roberts, 32, and Sebastian Parra, 24, are charged in the shooting death of Benny Alcala Jr., 43. Timothy Hennessy, […]
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