The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene early Wednesday morning, the Bakersfield Police Department said.

Disgraced Army vet and sex offender sparked Bakersfield hostage crisis by telling victims it was a ‘bad day to be at the bank’ - Anthony Scott Searles-Harris held 10 people hostage at a California ban ...

The man who held 10 hostages overnight in a California Chase Bank building and threatened to detonate explosives — before he was shot dead by FBI agents — has been identified as a registered sex ...

A man was barricaded inside a downtown Bakersfield Chase Bank with an unknown number of people Tuesday afternoon after police responded to a reported bomb threat, authorities said. The standoff and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — For Freddy Arredondo, it started off as a regular trip to the Chase Bank in downtown Bakersfield ...

Local police at the Chase Bank building in Bakersfield, California, on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. Officers respond after a man barricaded himself inside the bank. A man was barricaded with an unknown ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — For Freddy Arredondo, it started off as a regular trip to the Chase Bank in downtown Bakersfield Tuesday afternoon and it took a dramatic turn when a man appeared saying ...