BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Officials said a man has been taken into custody after he briefly escaped from a patrol unit Monday morning.
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The California Highway Patrol in Bakersfield said a subject fled from one of their patrol units at around 10:46 a.m. in the area of California Avenue and Real Road. That prompted a search in the surrounding area and neighborhoods.
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Office Jorge Toro of the California Highway Patrol in Bakersfield said the man was taken back into custody and arrested for outstanding warrants and for fleeing from officers.
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