{"id":52022,"date":"2025-11-13T23:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T23:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/52022\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T23:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T23:35:12","slug":"bakersfield-man-arrested-in-major-operation-firearms-vehicles-and-meth-recovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/52022\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield man arrested in major operation; firearms, vehicles and meth recovered"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 29-year-old Bakersfield man was arrested Monday in a major east Bakersfield operation by California Highway Patrol\u2019s (CHP) Kern County Auto Theft Taskforce (KernCATT).<\/p>\n

Investigators said they recovered multiple alleged stolen vehicles, firearms, ammunition, and narcotics during the operation.<\/p>\n

On Nov. 10, 2025, KernCATT personnel followed up on a report of a stolen vehicle in the 700 block of Requa Court, just south of Breckenridge Road, when they contacted Ricardo Leyva-Rueles, 29, outside his home.<\/p>\n

In the investigation, officers determined that Leyva-Rueles was allegedly involved in the stolen vehicle. A search warrant was obtained by detectives and a search was executed on the property.<\/p>\n

The following vehicles were recovered:<\/p>\n

4 2020 Raptor all-terrain vehicles (ATVs)1 truck displaying a tampered or false vehicle identification number (VIN) plate1 2018 Can-Am side-by-side utility vehicle (UTV)\"Photo:<\/p>\n

Photo: California Highway Patrol – Central Division<\/p>\n

The firearms recovered were:<\/p>\n

14 high-capacity pistol magazines11 30-round rifle magazines7 unserialized 9mm semi-automatic pistols3 unserialized AR-15\u2013style assault riflesA 100-round 5.56mm drum magazineAn unregistered 9mm semi-automatic pistol<\/p>\n

Also, detectives recovered thousands of rounds of ammunition and approximately 100 pounds of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n

Leyva-Rueles was booked into the Kern County Jail on multiple felony charges, including vehicle theft, possession of stolen vehicles, felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, illegal possession of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and several counts of child endangerment.<\/p>\n

He remains in custody, and his bail is set at $2.2 million pending arraignment.<\/p>\n

\"Photo:Photo: California Highway Patrol – Central DivisionComment with Bubbles<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis case highlights the impact of interagency cooperation and the commitment of our investigators to keep dangerous weapons and drugs out of our communities. The CHP and our law enforcement partners remain dedicated to protecting the public and holding offenders accountable,” stated CHP Central Division Chief Damon Gilmore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A 29-year-old Bakersfield man was arrested Monday in a major east Bakersfield operation by California…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-52022","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\/52022","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=52022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}