{"id":39591,"date":"2025-11-05T19:37:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/39591\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T19:37:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T19:37:06","slug":"bakersfield-police-detective-to-remain-in-federal-custody-amid-child-sex-crime-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/39591\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield police detective to remain in federal custody amid child sex crime allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A Bakersfield police detective accused of child sex crimes is expected to remain in federal custody after prosecutors moved to block his release.<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors filed a motion Tuesday to revoke a judge\u2019s decision allowing Detective Marc Lugo, 36, to be released<\/a> under strict supervision. <\/p>\n

Lugo is accused of contacting a 15-year-old girl<\/a> from South Carolina on social media with the intent to commit a sexual offense.<\/p>\n

RELATED: “Send me a picture:” Disturbing new details in child sex crimes case against BPD detective<\/a><\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, a judge had ordered Lugo\u2019s release under several conditions, including house arrest, GPS monitoring, and restrictions on electronic devices and internet connection.<\/p>\n

However, just hours later, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office argued Lugo poses \u201ca danger to the community by clear and convincing evidence,\u201d citing what prosecutors describe as explicit text exchanges<\/a> between Lugo and the teen.<\/p>\n

Lugo had been expected to leave federal custody at 8 a.m. Wednesday, less than a week after his arrest. But because of the government\u2019s motion, he will remain detained until the matter is reviewed by another judge.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not yet known when that hearing will take place. <\/p>\n

Lugo is also scheduled for a previously set preliminary hearing on November 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A Bakersfield police detective accused of child sex crimes is expected to remain in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-39591","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\/39591","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=39591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}