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  1. Pot grower sentenced to more than six years

    By BREAKING NEWS BLOG
    Monday, May 21 2012 11:58 AM

    Jorge Alejandro Aburto, 28, of Michoacán, Mexico, was sentenced Monday to six years and eight months in prison for conspiring to cultivate, distribute and possess with intent to distribute marijuana.

    In pleading guilty, Aburto admitted that he had conspired with others to grow approximately 6,867 marijuana plants on public land in the Bohna Creek area in Sequoia National Forest in Kern County. The marijuana growing operation resulted in significant environmental damage.

    Aburto is subject to deportation after his prison sentence.

    - Office of U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, Eastern District of California

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  3. Fire agencies declare start of wildfire season

    The public was asked to use caution during the upcoming wildfire season -- which officially began Monday -- during a news conference at Kern County Fire Department headquarters.

  4. Shooting victim dies early Monday

    An autopsy is scheduled Tuesday for a 27-year-old woman shot and killed in the 200 block of Donna Avenue in Bakersfield.

  5. Cat rescued from burning home

    At 4:05 p.m. Sunday, Kern County firefighters responded to a structure fire in the 500 Block of Suzanne Road.

  6. Bomb squad detonates suspicious boxes downtown

    The Bakersfield Police Department bomb squad detonated two suspicious packages in a small dirt lot along Mill Creek at 18th Street near Mexicali restaurant in downtown Bakersfield Sunday afternoon.

  7. Grapevine area brushfire contained Saturday

    LEBEC -- More than 60 firefighters battled a wildfire near Interstate 5 early Saturday morning that engulfed 14.3 acres before it was contained.

  8. Reward offered in shooting of CHP officer

    The Secret Witness Program is offering a reward of up to $15,000 for information leading to the arrest and filing of a complaint against the suspect or suspects responsible for the attempted murder of a California Highway Patrol officer on May 6 in the Kern River Canyon near Lake Isabella.

  9. Hazard reduction meeting to be held Saturday

    The Kern County Fire Department will be holding a meeting Saturday to discuss the importance of keeping a fire safe community, vegetation management, and the upcoming 2012 fire season.

  10. Arrest Log for May 17

    Not sure what crimes these folks were arrested for? Check out our list below or click on the link below.

  11. Accused shooter found guilty of second-degree murder in 2010 killing

    A jury has found a 23-year-old guilty of second-degree murder in a 2010 shooting outside a restaurant.

  12. Officer injured when other officer fires at pit bull

    A Bakersfield police officer suffered minor injuries Thursday in a shooting in which a fragment of bullet or concrete struck the officer in the neck.

  13. Search warrant results in arrest on suspicion of sexual abuse of a minor

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers executed a search warrant in the 2900 block of Moxee Court Wednesday morning in connection with a child pornography investigation.

  14. Five arrested in drug investigation

    At 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, law enforcement assigned to Cal-MMET (California Multi-jurisdictional Methamphetamine Enforcement Team), along with others, used several traffic stops to conclude a drug investigation.







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