{"id":518872,"date":"2026-11-05T00:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T00:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/518872\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T00:26:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T00:26:14","slug":"bpd-search-for-man-accused-of-threatening-rider-with-machete-on-get-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/518872\/","title":{"rendered":"BPD: Search for man accused of threatening rider with machete on GET bus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community\u2019s help in identifying a man accused of brandishing a machete while traveling on a GET bus.<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield police said on Tuesday, September 29th, 2026, the man was seen on video surveillance video threatening a victim with a machete<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is described as a man in his 30\u2019s, slim build, 5\u201910 &#8221; tall, with a shaved head.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community\u2019s help in identifying a man accused of brandishing a machete while traveling on a GET bus. PHOTO: BPD\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/b701d8c8-5791-40f2-a92c-b10f0beadaf7-UntitledAugust202025at10.44.4120261104T153646.748.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community\u2019s help in identifying a man accused of brandishing a machete while traveling on a GET bus. PHOTO: BPD<\/p>\n<p>He was wearing a blue baseball hat, white t-shirt, blue pants, and carrying a backpack.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to call Detective E. Hardin at the Bakersfield Police Department (661) 326-3919.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department is asking for the community\u2019s help in identifying a man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":518873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-518872","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\/518872","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=518872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}