{"id":89525,"date":"2025-12-10T20:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/89525\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T20:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T20:09:12","slug":"bakersfield-police-seek-tips-on-phone-cable-line-vandalism-reward-up-to-25k-offered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/89525\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield police seek tips on phone\/cable line vandalism, reward up to $25K offered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department has reported a surge in felony theft and vandalism targeting phone and cable service lines in Bakersfield and Kern County. Charter Communications\/Spectrum is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for credible tips leading to an arrest. <\/p>\n<p>Vandals have been cutting fiber-optic lines and stealing or damaging batteries, mistakenly assuming the lines contain valuable metals like copper. They do not.<\/p>\n<p>These crimes have disrupted phone and cable services for thousands, risking access to critical emergency services such as 9-1-1. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a concern when phone services are disrupted, as homes affected by the damage may be hampered in calling 9-1-1 for emergency services,&#8221; stated Sgt. Robert Robles of the Bakersfield Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is urged to contact the Bakersfield Police Department at (661) 327-7111 or call the Spectrum tip line at 833-404-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 The Bakersfield Police Department has reported a surge in felony theft and vandalism targeting phone&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-89525","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89525","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=89525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}