Featured image of post Business owner and sons charged for zip-tying, kidnapping and assaulting alleged thief for 45 minutes before law enforcement arrived

Business owner and sons charged for zip-tying, kidnapping and assaulting alleged thief for 45 minutes before law enforcement arrived

A 50-year-old business owner and his two sons were arrested after they turned themselves in for an incident that happened in late April in which the Kern County Sheriff's Office said they assaulted a burglary suspect from the father's northwest Bakersfield business. On April 27, around 3 a. m. deputies were called to the area of Meany Avenue and Alken Street for a report of a business burglary at Sparks Custom Pools.

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Featured image of post Southern Baptists face push for public list of sex abusers

Southern Baptists face push for public list of sex abusers

A blistering report on the Southern Baptist Convention’s mishandling of sex abuse allegations is raising the prospect that the denomination, for the first time, will create a publicly accessible database of pastors and other church personnel known to be abusers.

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