BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 14 people were arrested after KCSO deputies conducted an operation addressing illegal lodging\/squatting activities and active arrest warrants in the Kern River Valley area.<\/p>\n
The Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Office said the targeted operation happened on January 27, 2026.<\/p>\n
KCSO said this enforcement action was part of an ongoing effort to maintain public safety and uphold state laws prohibiting unauthorized lodging on public and private lands.<\/p>\n
During the operation, 14 people were arrested for violations related to unlawful squatting and outstanding warrants.<\/p>\n
Those arrested were identified as:<\/p>\n
43-year-old Kennith Downhour of Bakersfield40-year-old Arron Doss of Los Angeles48-year-old Moses Vargas of Wasco51-year-old Danny Webb of Washington41-year-old Damon Hall of Bakersfield32-year-old Justin Tanner of Lake Isabella44-year-old Brandon Groover of Lake Isabella58-year-old Michell Sierra of Los Angeles County32-year-old David Urfer of Lake Isabella50-year-old Jason Schaapman of Orange County56-year-old Robert Laudermilk of Bell Garden72-year-old Richard Landress of Oklahoma49-year-old Donaciano Gonzalez of Bakersfield50-year-old Patricia Davis of Los Angeles County<\/p>\n
Those arrested were booked into the Kern County Jail on charges related to unlawful squatting and active arrest warrants.<\/p>\n
In a release, it said, \u201cThe Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Office remains committed to ensuring the safety and security of our communities and will continue to enforce laws that protect public lands and private property.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 14 people were arrested after KCSO deputies conducted an operation addressing illegal lodging\/squatting activities…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-156369","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156369","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=156369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}