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According to Kern County Superior Court records, a man was sentenced to one year in jail and two years probation for the death of a man in Ridgecrest in 2022.
In the case of a brutal Ridgecrest killing where a man was found beaten and shot in the head, one defendant was found guilty Tuesday of involuntary manslaughter while the
Trial proceedings of two Ridgecrest men charged with first degree murder concluded with closing arguments Friday in Bakersfield placing the fate of the men in the hands of the jury.
Multiple witnesses said Coykendall, 34, had made comments threatening trouble if Peterson returned to Ridgecrest.
Now that the New Year has arrived, The Daily Independent sat down and spoke with Ridgecrest Police Chief Jed McLaughlin about what kinds of crime that was reported in Ridgecrest