{"id":246355,"date":"2026-04-01T06:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/246355\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T06:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T06:54:10","slug":"probation-officers-arrest-taft-man-after-search-finds-unregistered-gun-and-ammunition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/246355\/","title":{"rendered":"Probation officers arrest Taft man after search finds unregistered gun and ammunition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 45-year-old Taft man on probation was arrested after officers allegedly found an unregistered gun and ammunition during a search.<\/p>\n<p>The Kern County Probation Department said on March 27, 2026, officers with the department\u2019s Adult Probation Services Division conducted a home call on Cypress Lane in Taft.<\/p>\n<p>According to the probation department, officers contacted 45-year-old Lee Alan Hardy, who is on felony probation.<\/p>\n<p>During the search, officers found firearm parts, a loaded unregistered 9mm Taurus G3C semi-automatic pistol, and various live rounds of ammunition, according to the probation department.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Hardy was arrested for a violation of probation, possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, and possession of ammunition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 45-year-old Taft man on probation was arrested after officers allegedly found an unregistered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-246355","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\/246355","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=246355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}