{"id":431306,"date":"2026-08-13T02:07:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/431306\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T02:07:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T02:07:22","slug":"bakersfield-police-searching-for-suspect-who-stole-gold-chain-during-facebook-marketplace-meetup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/431306\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield police searching for suspect who stole gold chain during Facebook Marketplace meetup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community&#8217;s help in identifying a suspect accused of theft during a Facebook Marketplace transaction at a southwest Bakersfield apartment on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Aug. 7, the suspect reportedly contacted the victim via Facebook Marketplace and arranged to meet at the Glenbrook Apartments at 4840 Planz Road. He was looking to buy a gold chain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the exchange, the suspect fled on foot with the gold chain without paying for it, police said.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Photo courtesy of the Bakersfield Police Department\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"693\" height=\"689\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/kget_bakersfield_articles_800\/9f84828e6ca7edbc90589eb31455657d.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of the Bakersfield Police Department<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officials described the suspect as a male individual in his late teens with a thin build. He was wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and prescription glasses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He is believed to live in the area between Planz Road and Apple Blossom Drive, BPD said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Anyone with information about this case is asked to call Detective J. King at 661-326-3907 or the police department at 661-327-7111.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kget.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KGET 17 News.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community&#8217;s help in identifying a suspect&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,324,41411,171406,163799,29677],"class_list":["post-431306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-bakersfield-police-department","tag-facebook-marketplace","tag-glenbrook-apartments","tag-gold-chain","tag-suspect-accused"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431306","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=431306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}