NewsCrime

Actions

15 people arrested following multiple-agency 'predator' sting in Bakersfield

The focus of the operation had multiple components including parole and AB-109 status compliance, an undercover online predator sting, and ongoing child sexual abuse material investigations.
15 people arrested following multiple-agency 'predator' sting in Bakersfield
police lights file
Posted
and last updated

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — A multi-agency predator sting has resulted in the arrest of 15 people. This week the Bakersfield Police Department conducted an enforcement operation alongside various federal and local agencies.

The focus of the operation had multiple components including parole and AB-109 status compliance, an undercover online predator sting, and ongoing child sexual abuse material investigations.

As a result of the operation, six illegally possessed firearms were seized and electronic devices containing multiple tera-bytes of child sexual abuse material were recovered.



,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Thursday

08/21/2025

Mostly Sunny

102° / 77°

0%

Friday

08/22/2025

Sunny

108° / 77°

0%

Saturday

08/23/2025

Partly Cloudy

103° / 79°

0%

Sunday

08/24/2025

Sunny

105° / 79°

1%

Monday

08/25/2025

Sunny

104° / 77°

4%

Tuesday

08/26/2025

Sunny

102° / 74°

4%

Wednesday

08/27/2025

Sunny

100° / 73°

0%

Thursday

08/28/2025

Sunny

96° / 72°

0%