Taft Midway Driller
A Taft man has pleaded no contest to vandalism and attempted escape charges filed after Taft Police said he tried to break out of a patrol car transporting him from Taft to Kern County Jail in Bakersfield.
Kenneth Dean Patton and another man, identified as Matthew Boller were arrested by Taft Police on June 11 in the 300 block of Naylor.
Patton was wanted on three felony warrants, taft Police Sgt. Corely Beilby said.
Boller originally gave officers a false name, Beilby said, but officers were able to ascertain his identity and arrest hom on warrants from Bakersfield.
Boller ran from officers while handcuffered, Beielby said, but was quickly caught.