{"id":238031,"date":"2026-03-26T20:30:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/238031\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:30:10","slug":"suspect-wanted-for-trying-to-steal-beer-punch-clerk-at-bakersfield-circle-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/238031\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect wanted for trying to steal beer, punch clerk at Bakersfield Circle K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the public\u2019s help identifying a suspect accused of trying to rob a Circle K store.<\/p>\n<p>It happened at the 220 South Union Avenue location. <\/p>\n<p>Police say the suspect took a three pack of tall can Budweiser and was confronted by the clerk. Following a verbal altercation, the man allegedly attempted to assault the clerk by punching them in the face. He then ran away.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is described:<\/p>\n<p>Hispanic manBald with a black goateeMedium buildFace TattooWearing black, hooded &#8220;True Religion&#8221; sweatshirtBlack Pro Club shortsBlack low-top Vans with white shoelaces<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Suspect wanted for attempted robbery &amp; assault at Bakersfield Circle K. Photo: Bakersfield Police Dept.\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9ce70ed7-1e83-4b91-8740-872d26989dcb-CircleKsuspect.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Suspect wanted for attempted robbery &amp; assault at Bakersfield Circle K. Photo: Bakersfield Police Dept.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to call Detective A. Shive at 661-326-3844 or the Bakersfield Police Department at 661-327-7111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the public\u2019s help identifying a suspect accused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238032,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-238031","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\/238031","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=238031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}