From the March 18, 2022 Edition
By Gary Meyer, TME
A Pine Mountain Club man with a business in Oxnard was arrested on Monday, March 7, by Oxnard Police Department for allegedly trafficking narcotics.
Sergeant Brandon Ordelheide of the Oxnard Police …
From the February 25, 2022 Edition
By The Mountain Enterprise staff
Lieutenant Jason Colbert of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office provided only basics about an altercation that occurred at Frazier Park Market at about 9 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 17: “The …
From the February 11, 2022 Edition
By Gary Meyer, TME
A man’s body was found in West Antelope Valley on Friday, Jan. 14, near the location of a shooting murder that occurred 18 months ago. Cresentio Sandoval Chavez, 70, of Rosamond, …
From the February 4, 2022 Edition
By Gary Meyer, TME, with reporting by Marcy Axness
When Fort Tejon CHP Officer D.C. Williams was asked about reports of rock-throwing vandalism on Frazier Mountain Park Road in Frazier Park, he said, “We’re looking …
From the November 12, 2021 Edition
By Gary Meyer, TME
A male driver on his way to work in Lebec, Thursday, Oct. 4, just before 8 a.m., became a victim of road rage when he may have been driving too slow …
From the October 22, 2021 Edition
By Patric Hedlund, TME
A 13-year-old girl in Bakersfield was entrapped by an Instagram chat in spring of 2020 by an alleged child predator who assaulted and murdered her.
Armando Cruz, 24, asked Patricia …
From the June 25, 2021 Edition
By Gary Meyer, TME
It’s not very difficult to do. Your car’s catalytic converter can be stolen in a few short minutes.
The thief typically crawls under the car and uses a saw to make …
From the April 23, 2021 Edition
By Patric Hedlund, TME
Annette Heath, former librarian for the Kern County Law Library, entered into a plea deal with the Kern County District Attorney’s Office last week. Defendant Heath pled “no contest” on April …
From the September 18, 2020 Edition
By Patric Hedlund, TME
The suspect in the murder of Frazier Park resident Eric Futrell, 38, is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing on September 23.
Jonathan Villapando, 27, (aka Villapondo) is being …
From the August 21, 2020 Edition
By Gary Meyer, TME
Two Pinon Pines homes being used as indoor growing operations were raided by Kern County Sheriff’s deputies on Monday, Aug. 10.
One home in the 800 block of Glenbrook Drive was …