{"id":238183,"date":"2026-03-26T22:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T22:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/238183\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T22:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T22:24:08","slug":"bakersfield-pd-seeks-man-accused-of-stealing-beer-after-throwing-punch-at-store-clerk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/238183\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield PD seeks man accused of stealing beer after throwing punch at store clerk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community\u2019s assistance in identifying a man who allegedly stole alcohol from a convenience store after trying to assault the clerk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The robbery took place just before midnight Jan. 21 at the Circle K at 220 S. Union Ave., according to officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The suspect selected a three-pack of Budweiser tall cans when he was confronted by the clerk, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During a brief verbal altercation, the suspect allegedly tried punching the clerk in the face, although he didn\u2019t succeed in striking them. He then fled on foot with the alcohol.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo courtesy of the Bakersfield Police Department\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"296\" height=\"719\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/548781ef999f9100c2a45e58d05cec17.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of the Bakersfield Police Department<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Investigators described the suspect as a bald man with a black goatee, medium build and a face tattoo. He was last seen wearing a black hooded \u201cTrue Religion\u201d sweatshirt, black Pro Club shorts, black tube socks and black low-top Vans with white shoelaces.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to contact Detective A. Shive at 661-326-3844 or the Bakersfield Police Department at 661-327-7111.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.&quot;}\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community\u2019s assistance in identifying a man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,324,5715],"class_list":["post-238183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-bakersfield-police-department","tag-convenience-store"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238183","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=238183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}