Bakersfield CA Criminal Defense Law Blog

On a recent Thursday afternoon, two individuals were arrested and taken into custody at the Kern County Sheriff's Office for drug possession. A search warrant was issued for a residence in Bakersfield on April 19. During a search of the home, officers found more than $6,800 in cash in addition to 14 pounds of methamphetamine, which led to the suspects'drug charges.

The two individuals, ages 48 and 30, both were charged for the possession of a controlled substance for sales and conspiracy. The search wrapped up a two-month long investigation into the alleged meth operation. There was no information released as to what the Narcotics Task Force or local authorities used as their basis to obtain the search warrant for the home.

A physicist with the University of California at San Diego offered a rather unusual defense to a traffic ticket that he received recently. Instead of paying the fine, as many would do, the physicist demonstrated through physics that what the ticketing officer thought he saw did not actually happen. While such a traffic ticket defense would be difficult to pull off again, it nonetheless highlights an interesting issue.

Here, the physicist was ticketed for not coming to a full stop at a stop sign. If he had been successfully charged with the ticket, he could have faced a $400 fine. However, he managed to convince the presiding judge that the officer could not possibly have seen what the he claimed to have seen.

Police recently took a young man into custody who was allegedly driving in a reckless manner near an intersection in Bakersfield, California. The 23-year-old man is now facing multiple serious criminal charges, including drug possession and driving under the influence. Additionally, police have identified him as a potential suspect in a shooting at a nightclub.

The arrest happened one night, shortly after midnight, at the end of last month. Police say they saw the man driving a sedan in circles near an intersection of two local roads. The sedan subsequently crashed, and authorities claim that the man attempted to flee the scene on foot. In the course of doing so, he dropped a gun, in addition to narcotics. Eventually, a police dog "subdued" the young man.

Bakersfield police officers recently took two girls into custody after they allegedly attempted to rob a bank. The girls, ages 16 and 18, were charged with the crimes of robbery and conspiracy. Due to the seriousness of the charges, they may require a strong and vigorous criminal defense.

The attempted robbery happened on March 8 at about 12:15 p.m. at the Wells Fargo Bank on Columbus Street in Bakersfield. The two reportedly wrote a note demanding that the bank give them $7,000, or else the bank would suffer violent repercussions. The 16-year-old girl then entered the bank and presented the note to a clerk. However, she left the bank without any money after the clerk began to explain that the amount was unavailable.