{"id":365042,"date":"2026-06-18T01:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T01:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/365042\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T01:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T01:16:43","slug":"tulare-county-reviewing-dui-case-against-former-kern-county-da-ed-jagels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/365042\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulare County reviewing DUI case against Former Kern County DA Ed Jagels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 The Tulare County District Attorney&#8217;s Office is reviewing evidence in the DUI case against former Kern County District Attorney Ed Jagels.<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield police arrested Jagels on June 1 after multiple calls reported a man slumped over in a car. Officers pulled him over near Stockdale Highway and Don Hart East.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, Jagels\u2019 blood alcohol content measured .153%, nearly double the legal limit of .08.<\/p>\n<p>Because of a conflict of interest, the Kern County DA\u2019s Office won\u2019t prosecute and has handed the case to Tulare County. A spokesman said lab results are pending and could take weeks. So far, no charges have been filed.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Bakersfield police report, Jagels was swerving on Stockdale Highway. When pulled over, the report says officers observed Jagels had bloodshot\/watery eyes and his speech was slurred.<\/p>\n<p>When asked to participate in field sobriety tests, Jagels reportedly responded, &#8220;Guess I gotta, I guess I&#8217;m a deuce&#8221;&#8230;a colloquial term for a DUI.<\/p>\n<p>Jagels is set to appear in Kern County Superior Court on July 28th. When contacted by 23ABC, he declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 The Tulare County District Attorney&#8217;s Office is reviewing evidence in the DUI case against&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365043,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,139402,153,152,25725,141118,120314,162],"class_list":["post-365042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-dui","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-dui-arrest","tag-ed-jagels","tag-kern-county-district-attorney","tag-kern-county-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365042","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=365042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365042\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}