BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community’s help in finding a woman accused of spitting on a victim after a verbal altercation.
Police said on Thursday, January 8th, 2026, at around 7:14 p.m., the suspect approached the victim in the 2700 block of Chester Avenue and initiated a verbal altercation.
The suspect spat in the victim’s face before leaving the scene on foot.
The suspect is unknown to the victim, and described as a woman in her 30’s with short black hair.
She was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a white and red striped shirt.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to call Detective Lewis at 661-326-3558 or via email at tlewis@bakersfieldpd.us.