{"id":358442,"date":"2026-06-12T22:03:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/358442\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T22:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T22:03:09","slug":"bakersfield-police-seize-more-than-340-pounds-of-illegal-fireworks-arrest-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/358442\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield police seize more than 340 pounds of illegal fireworks, arrest man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Bakersfield police arrested a man and seized more than 340 pounds of illegal fireworks after detectives say he was advertising the dangerous fireworks for sale online.<\/p>\n<p>Juan Carlos Ayala, 35, is now in the Kern County Lerdo Justice Facility facing felony and misdemeanor charges.<\/p>\n<p>Officers served a search warrant on Alderpointe Street and found the stash.<\/p>\n<p>The bust brings the total amount of illegal fireworks seized in the city to about 7,000 pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Police and fire crews will keep cracking down on illegal fireworks through the Fourth of July holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Residents can report illegal fireworks on the city&#8217;s website instead of calling 911.<\/p>\n<p>This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Bakersfield police arrested a man and seized more than 340 pounds of illegal fireworks&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,145901,153,152,145902,145904,145903,735,162],"class_list":["post-358442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-fireworks","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-fourth-of-july-fireworks","tag-illegal-fireworks-bust","tag-juan-carlos-ayala","tag-kern-county","tag-kern-county-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358442","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=358442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}