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Frazier Park Substation Sheriff’s Log

From the January 14, 2011 Edition

This list of law enforcement activity is from the Kern County Sheriff’s Frazier Park substation is taken from public records. The names included here are from the public arrest records only. Listing here does not …

CHP Officer’s Daughter Home After Heart Surgery

From the January 14, 2011 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

The seven-year-old daughter of California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Robert Shuck is home after heart surgery in Los Angeles.

Angelina was adopted in June 2009. She was in an Estonian orphanage …

Accident Causes Loss Of Power to Mountain

From the January 14, 2011 Edition

By Gary Meyer

Power was lost across the Mountain Communities Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 4:26 a.m. when a northbound Ford F-150 truck exited Interstate 5 in Lebec without using the off-ramp.

A guy-wire supporting a …

Kern Deputy Arrested For Grand Theft

From the January 14, 2011 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

A 23-year-old Kern County Sheriff’s deputy has been fired and arrested for grand theft and other charges.

Kern County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Ray Pruitt said January 6 that an investigation began shortly …

New Law Gives Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit

From the January 14, 2011 Edition

Ready for some good news? Angel Cottrell of the Mountain Communities Small Business Development Center said this week that the Small Business Jobs Act allows the selfemployed to deduct 100 percent of their 2010 health …

Serial Murderer Promises New Victims in 2011

From the January 14, 2011 Edition

By Patric Hedlund

Mar Preston is intent on getting people murdered. She is a serial killer, it appears. In a press release this week, she admits she is responsible for a corpse found in Santa …