{"id":142587,"date":"2026-01-21T04:08:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/142587\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T04:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T04:08:28","slug":"sheriffs-sergeant-arrested-on-felony-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/142587\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff&#8217;s sergeant arrested on felony charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 A Kern County Sheriff&#8217;s Department sergeant was arrested Tuesday morning on multiple felony charges, including second-degree burglary and being under the influence of a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Ryan Dunbier faces additional misdemeanor charges of destroying or concealing evidence. Sources tell 23ABC that a month-long investigation led to his arrest and involved Dunbier allegedly stealing from the department&#8217;s property room.<\/p>\n<p>Dunbier was arrested at the sheriff&#8217;s civil office on McMurtrey Avenue. He is a veteran with the sheriff&#8217;s department and is being held on bail of more than $67,000. He is scheduled to appear in court Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 A Kern County Sheriff&#8217;s Department sergeant was arrested Tuesday morning on multiple felony charges,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,152,162],"class_list":["post-142587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-kern-county-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}