{"id":460697,"date":"2026-09-11T16:44:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460697\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T16:44:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T16:44:51","slug":"bakersfield-man-with-grand-theft-warrant-arrested-in-delano-target-thefts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/460697\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield man with grand theft warrant arrested in Delano Target thefts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A Bakersfield man, with a warrant for grand theft, was arrested after allegedly stealing about $200 in Target merchandise in Delano and was linked to a separate theft days earlier.<\/p>\n<p>The Delano Police Department said on September 10, 2026, at around 3:55 p.m., officers were called to Target regarding a theft in progress.<\/p>\n<p>Police said officers found the suspect, identified as 37-year-old Anthony Martinez of Bakersfield, inside the store.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, Martinez had allegedly opened several packages of merchandise, removed the security devices, and was found with about $200 in unpurchased items on him.<\/p>\n<p>During the investigation, Target employees identified Martinez as a suspect in a separate theft reported at the store on September 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"PHOTO: DPD\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/64a3ad4a-b185-4edc-8554-677228e9cf57-UntitledAugust202025at10.44.4120260911T090943.442.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Martinez was arrested for both incidents and was also found to have an outstanding warrant for grand theft. He was taken and booked into the Kern County Jail.<\/p>\n<p>Police said this case will be forwarded to the Kern County District Attorney&#8217;s Office for review.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this case, or any other case, is asked to call the Delano Police Department at (661) 721-3377 or the tip line at (661) 721-3369.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A Bakersfield man, with a warrant for grand theft, was arrested after allegedly stealing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":460698,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-460697","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\/460697","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=460697"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460697\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/460698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}