{"id":294064,"date":"2026-05-01T00:26:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/294064\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T00:26:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:26:48","slug":"brothers-plead-not-guilty-in-alleged-niles-street-baseball-bat-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/294064\/","title":{"rendered":"Brothers plead not guilty in alleged Niles Street baseball bat attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Two brothers pleaded not guilty to charges, including attempted murder, after allegedly assaulting a man with a baseball bat on Niles Street<\/a> when he asked them to slow down while driving recklessly.<\/p>\n

The Bakersfield Police Department said on April 26, 2026, at around 10:19 a.m., there was a call for service made in the 1600 block of Niles Street. Officials said the reporting person stated there was an assault with a bat.<\/p>\n

22-year-old Juan Morales and 19-year-old Isaias Morales<\/a>, both of Bakersfield, were arrested for attempted murder, vandalism, and other associated charges.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Two brothers arrested for attempted murder after baseball bat assault on Niles Street<\/a><\/p>\n

Police said a portion of the offense was videotaped and depicted a suspect striking the victim and the victim\u2019s vehicle with a baseball bat.<\/p>\n

\"Bakersfield<\/p>\n

Bakersfield police are investigating a reported bat assault that happened on Niles Street Sunday morning. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

The victim, identified as a man, was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

\"Bakersfield<\/p>\n

Bakersfield police are investigating a reported bat assault that happened on Niles Street Sunday morning. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

The investigation confirmed the suspects were driving recklessly in a neighborhood. When the victim asked them to slow down due to children being in the area, the suspects became confrontational and assaulted the victim, according to police.<\/p>\n

The brothers appeared in court Thursday afternoon. <\/p>\n

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Two brothers, 22-year-old Juan Morales (left) and 19-year-old Isaias Morales (right), pleaded not guilty to charges, including attempted murder, after allegedly assaulting a man with a baseball bat. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

Both plead not guilty. They received no bail.<\/p>\n

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Both are expected back in court on May 8.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Two brothers pleaded not guilty to charges, including attempted murder, after allegedly assaulting a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-294064","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\/294064","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=294064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}