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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Tehachapi DJ was found guilty this week of sexually abusing four children. Roy Kirk, 62, molested the children, whose ages ranged from 5 to 11, after becoming friendly with their parents, according to the District Attorney’s Office. The abuse occurred from 2004 to 2012, prosecutors said. Kirk faces up to […]
A legal battle to get Children’s Minister Karen Chhour to appear before the Waitangi Tribunal over plans to remove Oranga Tamariki’s Treaty obligations to...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A 26-year-old man found guilty of fatally stabbing a stranger who bought him a beer at a Bakersfield convenience store was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years to life in prison, according to court records. Miguel Cervantes stabbed Jesse Mata on Aug. 29, 2021, outside the El Milagro Market on Panama Lane. […]
Found not competent to stand trial, Joanna Bojorquez-Higuera, 29, was also ordered to be given involuntary psychotropic medication, according to the District Attorney's Office.
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Police are asking for the community’s help locating a missing runaway teen who was last seen on Panama Lane. BPD say Kevin Valenzuela, 17, was last seen in the at the intersection of Panama Lane and Lowry Street on Wednesday at approximately 7:30 a.m. He is considered at-risk due to being […]