Top cop has identity stolen

• Firefighter pleads not guilty to DUI, vehicular manslaughter charges
  Kern County Fire Engineer Mitchell Green, making his first public appearance since a Feb. 2 crash in which he is accused of driving drunk, killing a woman and injuring her daughter, came into court in [...]
• 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 [...]