While conducting follow up investigation on a reported bomb threat at Bolthouse Farms, Detectives from the Kern County Sheriff’s Office identified 55-year-old Bakersfield resident Dwaine Powell as a possible suspect.
On February 6, 2016, Deputies served a search warrant in the 5100 block of La Pinta Maria Drive.
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Powell was contacted at the scene and taken in custody without incident.
Powell was booked into the Central Receiving Facility on the charge of PC 148.1(c), making a false bomb report.
This investigation is ongoing and anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Kern County Sheriff’s Office at 661-861-3110.