Homebuilder, wife take plea deals in grand theft case

• Man convicted in killing over 'petty issue'
  Sheriff's detective Damon McMinn was near exhaustion when he was to question Michael Anthony Saenz Jr. in a shooting death case. McMinn was secretly hoping Saenz would refuse to talk so he could go to [...]
• Real estate agent, father charged in mortgage fraud case
  A Bakersfield real estate agent and her father have been charged in a multimillion dollar mortgage fraud scheme, accused of getting kickbacks from $4.1 million in fraudulent mortgage loans that almost [...]
• Man holds suspected burglar at gunpoint until police arrive
  He's 70 years old, and his health isn't what it used to be, but Raymond Michel is not someone who should be taken lightly. The south Bakersfield resident shot at a suspected burglar in his house We [...]
• Former BPD detective indicted on charge of possessing child porn
  A former Bakersfield police detective was indicted Thursday by a federal grand jury on a charge of possessing child pornography, his attorney confirmed. Christopher Kent Bowersox, 38, a seven-year [...]
• Prior conviction could double sentence in Rosedale rape, kidnap case
  The prison sentence Anthony Ray Graham Jr. faces doubled Tuesday after a judge ruled on a prior conviction concerning a 2007 assault in Los Angeles County. Graham, 29, now faces 50 years to life in [...]