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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.
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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) â A man was arrested for failing to register as a sex offender and other sexual offenses against a minor after being caught in a motel room with a teen runaway, Bakersfield police said.
According to BPD, Gregory Valdez, 26, is believed to picked up a teen runaway in the 3400 block of 21st Street and taken them to a nearby motel Wednesday evening. When officers responded to the motel and located the teen, BPD said they found evidence of a sexual assault.