"The last crime that I committed, my last arrest I was arrested with an AR 15, 500 rounds of ammunition and 27 grams of methamphetamine," Former Lerdo inmate Deanna Blankenship said.

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The remnants of a chaotic scene were left following a high-speed crash at an Oildale intersection on Tuesday evening. Discarded gloves, medical equipment, even a whole bumper with a license plate ...

Sheriff Donny Youngblood needs to re-open the Max/Med facility for the possible increase ... the Maximum Medium security building at Lerdo jail, which used to house hundreds of inmates.

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office announced they are now providing tablets to the inmates inside their detention ...

A former Kern County Sheriff’s Office detentions deputy was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail and two years ... with inmates at the Lerdo Pre-Trial Facility. Brandon Lawrence, 21, was ...