BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Bakersfield police arrested two suspects, an 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old juvenile, on Thursday for their alleged roles in an armed robbery over a gold chain.<\/p>\n
At around 6:30 p.m. on July 2, 2026, officers responded to the area of White Lane and Ashe Road regarding a report of an armed robbery.<\/p>\n
Police said their investigation revealed that the victim arranged to meet with the two suspects through the OfferUp marketplace app to buy or sell a gold chain. During the transaction, the juvenile allegedly forcibly took the chain before completing the transaction and fled.<\/p>\n
As the victim ran after the suspect, the juvenile pulled out what appeared to be a gun, said BPD. Cell phone footage captured the incident, allowing officers to identify the suspect.<\/p>\n
Special Enforcement Unit (SEU) officers used Flock Safety cameras in the area to find the suspect’s vehicle in the 600 block of Hosking Avenue. A traffic stop was initiated by officers, but the suspect allegedly failed to yield, leading to a pursuit.<\/p>\n
In the pursuit, “stop sticks” were used at four locations by BPD Patrol, Traffic Unit and Impact officers. Eventually, the suspect’s vehicle became disabled near California Avenue and Q Street. Alvarado and the juvenile were arrested shortly afterward.<\/p>\n
After the incident, SEU officers served a search warrant in the 600 block of Hosking Avenue. Investigators said they found a replica firearm believed to have been used in the robbery. <\/p>\n
During the pursuit, police discovered the suspect’s vehicle was involved in a hit-and-run crash resulting in minor injuries.<\/p>\n
Alvardo is charged with multiple felony charges, including robbery, conspiracy, and participation in a criminal street gang.<\/p>\n
The 16-year-old is charged with multiple felony charges, including robbery, felony evading, hit-and-run, and participation in a criminal street gang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Bakersfield police arrested two suspects, an 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old juvenile, on Thursday…\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-385408","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\/385408","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=385408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385408\/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=385408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}