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Another man wanted in torture case

Submitted by Cory Smith, Web producer
Friday, January 27th, 2012, 5:10pm
Another man wanted in torture case

Another arrest warrant was recently issued in an ongoing torture investigation.

In September, a man was allegedly lured into a home on the 200 block of Truxtun Avenue. There, six suspects allegedly bound, gagged and assaulted the victim, who hasn't been publicly identified.

Police didn't give a motive for the attack. He was allegedly lured into the home by a woman with whom he had a prior relationship.

Four arrests have been made over the course of the investigation, but police are still looking for two men: 25-year-old Julio Cesar Ramirez and 34-year-old Felix Robert Martin.

Ramirez was named as a suspect in September. Martin was publicly named as a suspect Friday.

Anyone with information on either man's whereabouts is asked to call police at (661) 327-7111.

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Man wanted for stealing security cameras from business

Submitted by Cory Smith, Web producer
Friday, January 27th, 2012, 1:25pm
Man wanted for stealing security cameras from business

Bakersfield police are looking for a man who stole security cameras from a business on San Dimas Street.

The suspect's face was caught on video during the Dec. 10 theft. Police released the photos this week in an effort to track down the suspect.

Anyone with information on the identity of the suspect is asked to call Detective Scott Miller at (661) 326-3947.

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Construction on Q Street affecting businesses

Submitted by Connie Tran on Thursday, January 26th, 6:06 pm

New traffic signs are going up, and smoother roads are going in. It's all part of the Q Street construction project led by the city.

The construction work is on Q between Truxtun Avenue and 24th Street.

Rick Millwee, the construction superintendent for Bakersfield Public Works, said, "It's just kind of a continuation of our downtown redevelopment that we're doing."

Construction workers have been drilling and pounding the street around the clock since last July.

"It was old, it was in need of reconstruction anyway.

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Vital Kern Co. buildings powerless after PG&E equipment failure

Submitted by Cory Smith, Web producer
Thursday, January 26th, 2012, 10:54am

Updated: 1:40 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012

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Three of Kern County's most important buildings were left powerless Thursday.

Equipment failure around 5:45 a.m. in an underground vault at Truxtun Avenue and L Street left the county administration building, courthouse and jail in the dark, according to Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

Power was restored to the jail during the morning, and power was restored to the other buildings around 1:40 p.m., spokeswoman Katie Allen said.

The morning's court proceedings were postponed until the afternoon.

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Man accused of stealing taxidermic animals from museum

Submitted by Cory Smith, Web producer
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012, 1:26pm

Two valuable animals disappeared from a local museum, but they didn't get far.

The taxidermic animals were stolen early Wednesday morning from the Buena Vista Museum of Natural History on Chester Avenue but quickly found just a few blocks away.

A suspect was seen with the Australian dingo outside a nearby Jack in the Box. Police say Henry Slivers, 55, was in the parking lot, drinking coffee, sitting near the stolen animal.

By afternoon, Slivers was in jail.

"I hear voices," Slivers said. "I hear my old commander."

Slivers said he served in an Army air rangers unit from 1974 through '80.  

He said early Wednesday the idea first popped into his head to take the African leopard from the museum.

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Man wanted for using fake ID to take money from Bakersfield banks

Submitted by Cory Smith, Web producer
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012, 3:36pm
Man wanted for using fake ID to take money from Bakersfield banks

Bakersfield police are looking for a man who used counterfeit identification to withdraw money from another man's bank account.

The victim lives in Southern California, but the suspect allegedly used the fake ID at two banks in Bakersfield - Wells Fargo branches at 1300 22nd St. and 8200 Stockdale Highway - and a bank in Fresno, police said.

The thefts occurred in October.

Anyone with information about the suspect's name or whereabouts is asked to call the case detective at (661) 326-3543.

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Homeless camps cleared from Kern River shore

Submitted by Cory Smith, Web producer
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012, 12:41pm

Bakersfield police on Tuesday cleared out homeless camps along the Kern River near the Chester Avenue bridge.

The move was prompted by citizen complaints, Sgt. Mary DeGeare said.

Officers warned homeless campers Jan. 15 that they'd need to leave the area. Two of the previous six campers remained Tuesday, and officers issued them citations for a second time.

Police also seized any items of value and discarded trash from the homeless campers. Animal control was called for two dogs left by a camper, including one vicious dog.

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