{"id":466223,"date":"2026-09-17T01:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T01:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/466223\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T01:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T01:36:16","slug":"taft-man-on-probation-arrested-after-officers-allegedly-find-2-stolen-guns-ammo-in-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/466223\/","title":{"rendered":"Taft man on probation arrested after officers allegedly find 2 stolen guns, ammo in search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A Taft man, who was on probation, was arrested after officers allegedly found two reportedly stolen guns and ammunition during a home search on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Kern County Probation Department said on September 15, 2026, officers assigned to the department\u2019s AB 109 Division, Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) unit conducted a home call in the 100 block of Shattuck Avenue in Taft.<\/p>\n<p>Officers contacted William Starling, who is actively on Post Release Community Supervision.<\/p>\n<p>The department said during a search of the residence, officers found a Smith and Wesson .38 caliber revolver, a Taurus .40 caliber handgun, live ammunition in various calibers and shotgun shells.<\/p>\n<p>A records check revealed both firearms were reported stolen, according to the department.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"PHOTO: Kern County Probation Department\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/e44d5be9-3d1a-42cf-8011-b510c530c160-UntitledAugust202025at10.44.4120260916T165805.717.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>PHOTO: Kern County Probation Department<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Starling was arrested for felon in possession of firearms, possession of ammunition by a prohibited person, possession of stolen property, alteration, removal, or obliterated identification markings on a firearm, resisting or delaying arrest, as well as a violation of his Post Release Community Supervision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A Taft man, who was on probation, was arrested after officers allegedly found two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-466223","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\/466223","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=466223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}