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2013/06/18 16:47

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Bakersfield man dies while in custody of the Kern...

BAKERSFIELD, CA - A Bakersfield man died Monday night while in the Kern County Sheriff's Department's custody. It's the second in-custody death in as many months. This time, deputies say the man...

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2013/06/18 16:47

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Ray Pruitt BAKERSFIELD Kern County Sheriff's Department

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2013/06/04 15:16

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Defense attorneys alarmed by court's DNA decision

He said new techniques eventually become the standard over time, and in a few years something pushing the boundaries even further is allowed. "It is a one-way ratchet that always moves in diminishing...

2013/06/04 03:45

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U.S. Supreme Court rules DNA testing is allowed a...

BAKERSFIELD, CA - Like the U.S. Supreme Court, locally, opinions are split about collecting DNA after an arrest. Kern County has been collecting DNA from people arrested for felonies for four years....

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2013/06/02 01:15

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Autopsy answers many -- but not all -- questions ...

The importance of what happened in those few intervening minutes cannot be overstated. Silva's family and loved ones have the right to know how he died, and maybe more importantly, why. The county...

2013/05/24 19:16

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Sheriff defends deputies' conduct, says Silva's d...

In addition, he said, deputies never struck Silva in the head or neck. The findings of the sheriff’s department were that three deputies struck Silva, and they hit him in areas that policy allows them...

2013/05/21 21:45

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Deadly Big Rig Accident on Highway 99

A deadly big rig accident had traffic backed up for miles Monday evening along Highway 99. A south-bound semi crashed through the center divider and plunged into the canal below. The driver was able...

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2013/05/18 01:16

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No video from Silva incident released

At a press conference held in front of his downtown Bakersfield office, Tello did little more than read from a prepared statement. In it, he said his clients have retained the legal services of...

2013/05/17 21:15

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Lost trust in law enforcement drives protest agai...

... didn't know the family, but I am here because it's quite obvious what happened that night and when the sheriff's department took those phones, that did it for me," Larcenia Taylor, 59, said as she...

2013/05/17 04:46

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Witnesses to David Silva's death say they suspect...

BAKERSFIELD, CA - Eyewitness say they smell a cover-up in the disappearance of cell phone video that, they say, shows the beating and death of a man in Sheriff's Department custody last week. The...

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2013/05/17 01:15

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Sheriff's office: Stabbing suspect shot by deputy...

Department spokesman Ray Pruitt confirmed the shooting happened just before 5 p.m. Thursday. Deputies were called about a stabbing victim, and some type of confrontation with the suspect led to the...

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