{"id":290531,"date":"2026-04-28T23:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/290531\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T23:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:58:07","slug":"felony-probationer-arrested-after-unregistered-gun-allegedly-found-during-home-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/290531\/","title":{"rendered":"Felony probationer arrested after unregistered gun allegedly found during home check"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 37-year-old felony probationer was arrested in Bakersfield after officers allegedly found a loaded, unregistered gun and ammunition during a home check.<\/p>\n<p>The Kern County Probation Department said on April 27, 2026, officers with the department\u2019s Adult Probation Services Division conducted a home call on the 3500 block of Redlands Drive in Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p>The department said officers contacted 37-year-old Christopher Smith, who is on felony probation.<\/p>\n<p>According to officials, during the search, officers allegedly found a loaded, unregistered, Polymer 80, 9mm semi-automatic pistol and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>Smith was arrested for a violation of probation, and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 37-year-old felony probationer was arrested in Bakersfield after officers allegedly found a loaded,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-290531","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\/290531","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=290531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}