Top Bakersfield news: Trial set for man who confessed to 'honor killing'; joint gang crackdown; more

Top Bakersfield news: Trial set for man who confessed to 'honor killing'; joint gang crackdown; morePhoto: iStock
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Published on December 18, 2019

Read on for the most recent top news you may have missed in Bakersfield.

BPD announces arrests, seized weapons in morning gang crackdown

The Bakersfield Police Department has announced that it joined with other agencies to conduct a gang crackdown Tuesday morning.

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County firefighters rescue woman from burning home that didn’t have working smoke alarms

Fire officials say one person needed to be rescued and hospitalized following a fire at a home without working smoke alarms Tuesday evening in East Bakersfield.

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Trial set for May for Bakersfield man who confessed to ‘honor killing’

A trial date in May has been scheduled for a man who confessed to shooting his daughter-in-law in what he described as an “honor killing."

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BPD looking for woman who stole from Sportswear Mart last month

The Bakersfield Police Department is looking for a woman wanted for shoplifting from Sportswear Mart last month.

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2 sentenced for attempted kidnapping in Bakersfield parking lot

A man and a woman were sentenced to prison Tuesday for attempting to kidnap a woman in a parking lot last year.

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