BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — One of several suspects accused of burglarizing the Kern County Jury Services building on multiple days in August has been arrested, according to a court document.

Between Aug. 22 and Aug. 24, several suspects broke into the Jury Services building at 1661 L St., a detective with the Bakersfield Police Department wrote in a court filing.


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Once inside, they allegedly went into the Public Defender’s office and stole laptops, cellphones, a wheelchair, flash drives, external hard drives, camera and identification equipment and more.

They also stole several personal belongings such as knives, speakers, bags and purses as well as equipment like dollies and a water cooler, according to the document.

One of the suspects was identified as Alan Wayne Cofield, 51, the detective said in the document. Cofield was arrested Aug. 31.

Cofield was charged with two counts of felony robbery and a misdemeanor drug charge, according to court records. He pleaded no contest to one count of robbery and the misdemeanor and is set to be sentenced Nov. 13.

Cofield faces 28 months in prison for this case, but a total of about six years in his other combined cases, according to the Kern County District Attorney’s Office.

A small portion of the stolen items were recovered after police served a search warrant at Cofield’s home in the 1300 block of Chester Avenue, the document read.

However, Cofield reportedly refused to tell police the whereabouts of the rest of the items or the outstanding suspects.

BPD got a search warrant to seize and examine Cofield’s cellphone data to find possible information, according to the document.

A couple days after the burglaries, BPD asked for the public’s help in identifying five suspects in relation to the incidents.

17 News reached out to BPD Tuesday asking about any suspects who were identified and/or remain outstanding but has not heard back as of Wednesday afternoon.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective R. Ryder at 661-326-3273 or Bakersfield Police Department at 661-327-7111.