BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Two people were arrested in Lamont after allegedly being found with 300 pounds of stolen copper wire. Officials said one of the suspects was found with stolen copper while riding a stolen motorcycle.<\/p>\n
The Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Office said on Saturday, March 28, 2026, deputies assigned to the Lamont Substation contacted 20-year-old Rodrigo Garcia and 43-year-old Juan Cachu, both of Lamont, in the 7700 block of Buena Vista Boulevard.<\/p>\n
According to KCSO, Garcia was riding a stolen motorcycle and pulling a suitcase containing about 100 pounds of copper wire. Garcia tried to run away on foot from deputies but was quickly arrested.<\/p>\n
Detectives with the Kern County Sheriff\u2019s Office Rural Crime Investigation Unit arrived and assisted with the investigation.<\/p>\n
A search warrant was obtained for a nearby residence where one of the suspects was seen loading copper wire. During a search of that residence, deputies and detectives found an additional 200 pounds of commercial-grade copper wire, according to KCSO.<\/p>\n
Both Garcia and Cachu were arrested for a violation of possession of stolen copper wire, conspiracy and other related charges.<\/p>\n
Garcia was additionally charged with a violation of possession of a stolen vehicle, and resisting, delaying and obstructing a law enforcement officer. Both were later booked into the Kern County Jail.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to call (661) 861-3110, or the Secret Witness Hotline at (661)322-4040.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Two people were arrested in Lamont after allegedly being found with 300 pounds of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-245376","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\/245376","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=245376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}