KCSO: Oildale drug bust nets $1M in narcotics
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office executed a drug bust Sunday where the agency discovered narcotics it said had an estimated street value of more than $1 million.
The operation was done by the KCSO’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force at a residence in the 200 block of E. McCord Avenue in Oildale, the agency said in a report.
The Sheriff’s Office said the following was found:
• Over 3 pounds of Psilocybin mushrooms worth an estimated street value of $13,880
• Over 22 pounds of the hallucinogenic drug Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), worth an estimated street value of $1,040,568
• LSD tabs and vials containing liquid LSD worth an estimated street value of $3,900
• 10 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated street value of $10,000
KCSO arrested 42-year-old David Jackson, who the agency said was allegedly maintaining the residence for narcotic sales and operating a DMT lab. He was booked into the Central Receiving Facility and is pending future court proceedings, the report said.
The Sheriff’s Office said Jackson was living with his two children, ages 8 and 9. Child Protective Services took custody of the children because of poor living conditions and drug activity in the residence, KCSO said.
There was also a loaded firearm, money related to narcotics sales and a small amount of methamphetamine and cocaine found in the residence, KCSO said.
The Kern County Sheriff’s Office has arrested the alleged proprietor of a marijuana dispensary the agency said was located in the 1200 block of California Avenue.
According to a news release, the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force arrested Justin Rolin, 28, the alleged operator of the dispensary.
Executing search warrants of Rolin’s residence at the 3700 block of Stockdale Highway, as well as the dispensary, KCSO says the department seized around one pound of cocaine worth $47,641, plus 559 fentanyl pills worth an estimated $5,590 and 3.3 pounds of marijuana worth around $4,950.
A loaded firearm and “currency consistent with narcotics sales” worth $6,487 was also located within the residence, according to the news release.
The release says Rolin was arrested and booked into the county’s Central Receiving Facility on suspicion of child endangerment, possession of a controlled substance for sales, possession of a controlled substance while being armed with a loaded firearm, possession of marijuana for sales and maintaining a residence for narcotics sales.
Jennifer Esparza, 26, was also arrested and booked on suspicion of child endangerment, possession of marijuana for sales and possession of a controlled substance, according to KCSO.
The Bakersfield Police Department is requesting community assistance identifying two suspects in an alleged vehicle theft that occurred Nov. 30 in the 2600 block of Mt. Vernon Avenue.
BPD described the suspects as:
• White or Hispanic man between 20 and 30 years old, with a thin build and light complexion. He was wearing a dark colored T-shirt, jeans and a black-and-red baseball hat. He has possible tattoos on his left arm/hand.
• White or Hispanic woman, between 20 and 30 years old, with a medium build and light complexion. She was wearing a blue shirt, black jacket and tan pants.
BPD asks anyone with information to call Detective Richardi at 326-3858.
The Bakersfield Police Department is requesting the community’s assistance identifying two suspects wanted for commercial burglary.
The incident occurred Dec. 28 in the 4500 block of Californian Avenue. Police said the two suspects forced entry into a business and stole jewelry and electronics. BPD described the suspects as: • White man in his mid-to-late 30s, standing between 5-foot-10 and 6-feet talk with a medium build. He has a ruddy complexion and reddish unshaven facial hair.
He was wearing a black baseball cap with a logo in white lettering, a dark green jacket, dark hooded sweatshirt with a white figure on the front, light blue jeans and black shoes with white trim.
• White or Hispanic man in his late 20s to early 30s, standing between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot10, with a dark-colored goatee. He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, dark gray jeans, black shoes with white trim and was in possession of an all-black BMXstyle bike.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Hatfield at 326-3541 or the BPD at 327-7111.