{"id":514706,"date":"2026-11-01T03:28:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T03:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/514706\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T03:28:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T03:28:43","slug":"bakersfield-police-seek-smoke-bros-burglary-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/514706\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield Police Seek Smoke Bros Burglary Suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police are asking for the public\u2019s help identifying a man accused of breaking into Smoke Bros, a smoke shop in the 9900 block of Rosedale Highway, and stealing several items. The Bakersfield Police Department says the burglary happened October 3; investigators have not publicly identified a suspect.<\/p>\n<p>The department has not said what was taken. In a public appeal, police described the suspect and provided contact information for anyone who may recognize him, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/bakersfield-police-searching-for-suspect-in-smoke-bros-burglary-on-rosedale-highway-kern-county-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bakersfield Police Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police describe the suspect as a man in his 30s, last seen wearing a black long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans and tan boots. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Ko at (661) 326-3541 or the department at (661) 327-7111, per the same report.<\/p>\n<p>A Separate Smoke Era Investigation<\/p>\n<p>A separate investigation involving Smoke Era, another shop on Rosedale Highway, resulted in 13 arrests, including four juveniles, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/news\/local\/months-long-investigation-leads-to-13-arrests-for-robbery-gang-related-offenses-more-kern-county-sheriffs-office-rosedale-highway-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BakersfieldNow<\/a>, citing the Kern County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The Kern County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Crimes Against Persons Division investigated that case with help from the Bakersfield Police Department&#8217;s Gang Suppression Unit. The arrests involved robbery, conspiracy and gang-related charges, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>The Smoke Era investigation is separate from the Smoke Bros burglary. Police have not announced a connection between the cases, and the information released about the Smoke Bros investigation does not link them.<\/p>\n<p>How the Smoke Era Incidents Differed<\/p>\n<p>The Kern County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said four masked suspects robbed an employee at gunpoint at Smoke Era, in the 9500 block of Rosedale Highway, on February 3, 2026, stealing more than $3,000 worth of merchandise. The store was robbed again six days later, according to the BakersfieldNow report cited above. Those incidents were described as armed robberies; the Smoke Bros case is described by police as a break-in and theft.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the Smoke Bros burglary remains an open case, with no suspect publicly identified or arrested. Police are counting on the public&#8217;s eyes to help close the gap, and anyone with information is urged to come forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are asking for the public\u2019s help identifying a man accused of breaking into Smoke Bros, a smoke&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-514706","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\/514706","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=514706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}