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CA - Central - November 16th, 2009
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  • Concealed weapons permit violations rare, police say
    People who qualify for concealed weapon permits are generally the good guys, but once in a while they mess up. A recent example is a Bakersfield man who obtained a permit and three days later shot [...]
  • Business owner charged with giving meth to teen
    The president of a Bakersfield business is charged with furnishing methamphetamine to a 17-year-old girl who then passed out from an overdose and had to be taken to the hospital. Kerry Hogeland, 5 [...]
  • Man gets 16 years in fatal DUI wreck case
    A Bakersfield man with three drunken driving convictions has been sentenced to 16 years to life in prison for the traffic death of a woman in 2008. That crash was the second time Tommy Vincente Val [...]
  • Woman accused of embezzling $200,000 from gun shop
    Of businesses to embezzle from, a gun dealer would seem to be low on the list. But the former bookkeeper for Second Amendment Sports is accused of stealing more than $200,000 from the Oildale busin [...]
  • Dog attack caught on film
    Andy Castaneda could hear the man's screams from several houses away. By the time he and other neighbors in east Bakersfield arrived Tuesday afternoon, they saw 35-year-old Steven Herrera being att [...]
  • Rival Fresno street gangs clash
    Crime Voice Staff Report HURON ? An altercation between juvenile members of the Huron Bulldog and Norteno criminal street gangs turned violent Monday afternoon, resulting in one juvenile victim being slashed with a knife. At about 6:12 p.m., Huron police officers were dispatched to a gang fight in progress in the 36000 block of O Street. Several [...]
  • Domestic violence call leads to stolen vehicle arrest
    Crime Voice Staff Report SALINAS ? A vehicle stolen in Salinas was recovered and its driver arrested after officers were dispatched to a domestic violence call in Huron last week. On Oct. 8 at about 4:15 p.m., Huron police officers were dispatched to the 16000 block of 11th Street regarding an in-progress domestic violence call. Officers arrived to find [...]
  • Former sheriff?s deputy gets five years for what was on laptop
    Crime Voice Staff Report FRESNO ? A former Kern County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to nearly five years in prison Thursday, following a July guilty plea to one count of possessing child pornography. The Bakersfield Police Department and FBI began looking into Michael Lynn Leyder, 27, of Bakerfield, in May 2008, when Leyder’s then-girlfriend discovered images of [...]
  • Sexual assault suspects linked to armed robbery
    By Patti Schofler Crime Voice Contributor SAN RAFAEL ? San Rafael police arrested two suspects on a variety of sex crimes against minors and have now linked them to the armed robbery of a San Rafael gas station. Lecha Darod Owens, 29, was arrested Sept. 29 for crimes stemming from his yearlong relationship with a 15-year-old Novato girl, [...]
  • Former loan officer admits wire fraud scheme
    Crime Voice Staff Report FRESNO ? A former Bakersfield loan officer acknowledged taking part in a scheme to defraud mortgage lenders and will participate in a government probe into his former employer. Jerald Allen Teixeira, 29, pled guilty in federal court Tuesday to one count of wire fraud. Teixeira was formerly a loan officer at Tower Lending, a [...]
 
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