{"id":172691,"date":"2026-02-11T00:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172691\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T00:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T00:49:08","slug":"woman-pleads-not-guilty-in-downtown-bakersfield-stabbing-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/172691\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman pleads not guilty in downtown Bakersfield stabbing case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A woman, <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/woman-arrested-after-alleged-stabbing-following-bar-argument-in-downtown-bakersfield-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">accused of stabbing another woman after an argument inside a downtown Bakersfield bar<\/a>, pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/woman-arrested-after-alleged-stabbing-following-bar-argument-in-downtown-bakersfield-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Woman arrested after alleged stabbing following bar argument in downtown Bakersfield<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Bakersfield Police Department said on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at around 1:32 a.m., officers responded to a 911 call regarding a stabbing in the 1500 block of 19th Street in downtown Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p>When officers arrived, they found the victim, identified as a woman, down in the roadway.<\/p>\n<p>When additional officers arrived on scene, they were also directed by private security to the suspect, who was leaving the scene eastbound still armed with the knife, according to BPD.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, identified as Gjadah Renay, was taken into custody and a knife was recovered, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the investigation found that the incident stemmed from some type of argument between the victim and suspect inside a nearby bar and ultimately erupted once on the street. The victim suffered minor to moderate injuries and was taken to a hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Renay appeared for her first court appearance on Tuesday. She pleaded not guilty with a bail set at $55,000.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gjadah Renay, accused of stabbing another woman after an argument inside a downtown Bakersfield bar, pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday afternoon. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/30f3828e-784f-402f-a378-2a1f1f1d9142-Sequence_MILLS_GJADAHMOLETTARRAIGNMENT_0001_frame_1037.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gjadah Renay, accused of stabbing another woman after an argument inside a downtown Bakersfield bar, pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday afternoon. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>She is expected back in court later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A woman, accused of stabbing another woman after an argument inside a downtown Bakersfield&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-172691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172691","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=172691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}