BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Former Kern County District Attorney Ed Jagels, 77, was arrested Monday afternoon after law enforcement stopped the vehicle he was driving on Stockdale Highway, according to arrest records.
Records indicate Jagels was driving around 4:35 p.m. in the 6000 block of Stockdale Highway when he was stopped. He was booked into the Kern County Jail and was being held on $10,000 bail.
Records indicate that he faces two misdemeanor charges: DUI of alcohol and DUI with a blood alcohol concentration over 0.08%. The date of Jagels’ first hearing is pending.
Jagels served as Kern County district attorney from 1983 to 2010, a 28-year tenure. He was followed by Lisa Green, who served as district attorney from 2011 to 2018, before current District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer took office.
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Jagels’ career and aspirations for the California Senate unraveled after higher courts determined he had wrongfully prosecuted dozens of innocent people for alleged child sex abuse.