{"id":325031,"date":"2026-05-20T19:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/325031\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T19:54:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:54:13","slug":"three-bakersfield-clerks-arrested-in-decoy-sting-for-allegedly-selling-alcohol-to-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/325031\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Bakersfield clerks arrested in decoy sting for allegedly selling alcohol to minors"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Three employees from three different businesses were arrested, cited, and released for allegedly selling alcohol to minors during a BPD Minor Decoy operation.<\/p>\n

The Bakersfield Police Department said on Friday, May 15th, 2026, Bakersfield Police Department Vice detectives, in partnership with California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), conducted a Minor Decoy operation in Bakersfield.<\/p>\n

Police said a Minor Decoy operation focuses on businesses that sell alcohol to underage people.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: Two arrested, cited & released for allegedly buying minors alcohol during BPD’s operation<\/a><\/p>\n

According to police, a minor under the age of 21 enters a licensed establishment, presents valid identification indicating they are underage, and attempts to purchase alcohol. If the employee sells alcohol to the decoy, they can be arrested and the business can be subject to administrative action, including loss of their ABC license.<\/p>\n

During the operation, Bakersfield Police Department detectives responded to three locations:<\/p>\n

Rosedale Petromart, located at 3943 Rosedale HighwayThe 7-11 Convenience Store, located at 9600 Brimhall RoadThe Rosedale Chevron, located at 9700 Rosedale Highway<\/p>\n

Police said a violation happened at each of these businesses. At each location, one employee was arrested for furnishing alcoholic beverages to minors, according to police.<\/p>\n

All employees were later released at the scene with a citation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Three employees from three different businesses were arrested, cited, and released for allegedly selling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-325031","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\/325031","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=325031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}