Former Taft man to stand trial on molestation charges
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A former Taft man accused of child molesting was ordered to stand trial on four counts of child molesting at a preliminary hearing in Kern County Superior Court on Wednesday.
Ed Fowler, now of Bakersfield, was arrested by Bakersfield Police on Aug. 26 2020.
Officers said they began an investigation three days earlier involving allegations of sexual abuse against three children between the ages of nine and 12.
Fowler has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
He is scheduled to be arraigned on Aug. 2 and is free on $150,000 bail.
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Woman suspected of killing her children stole truck carrying multiple firearms by using push-start function
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and last updated 2021-04-16 17:12:23-04
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) â Lilliana Carrillo, the woman suspected of killing her three children in Los Angeles, was able to steal a truck that carrying multiple firearms by utilizing the truck s push-start function, court documents say.
Police reports from the incident on April 10 describe Carrillo s alleged attempt at fleeing Los Angeles, where she is the sole suspect in the deaths of her three children. According to reports, around 11 a.m. a bystander driving northbound on Highway 65 pulled over on the west side of the highway after seeing Carrillo on the side of the road bleeding from one of her hands.
A coalition of community and environmental groups on Wednesday sued Kern County over its adoption of an ordinance to fast-track permitting for more than 40,000 new oil and gas wells over the next 15 years.
On Monday, the Kern County Board of Supervisors approved a single environmental impact report and other conditions that they say satisfy legally required environmental reviews and public comments. It affords companies a seven-day turnaround time for new permits, rather than a process that can take years.
“This ordinance is a disaster for public health in Kern County, particularly for low-income communities and . communities of color that live next to oil wells and are already harmed daily by fossil fuel pollution,” said Chelsea Tu, senior attorney at the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment, which represents three groups from towns in Kern County the Committee for a Better Arvin, Committee for a Better Shafter, and Comité Progreso de Lamont in the lawsuit.
After a four-year investigation, the California Department of Justice has entered into a âmajor settlementâ with the Kern County Sheriffâs Office, forcing changes to the departmentâs practices.
Prompted by citizen complaints and media reports of excessive use of force by KCSO deputies, the settlement attempts to correct the issues identified by Justice Department officials while avoiding a potentially costly and protracted legal battle.
In a complaint filed in Kern County Superior Court on Tuesday, the DOJ said the Sheriffâs Office engaged in a pattern of conduct that deprived citizens of their constitutional rights and violated the law in numerous categories. However, as part of the settlement, KCSO and the county of Kern were allowed to officially deny the allegations.