Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood discussed the hostage standoff, a jailbreak attempt, a DOJ oversight dispute, and river drownings during his monthly interview.
Two weeks after a 15-hour hostage standoff at a Chase Bank in downtown Bakersfield ended with an FBI team shooting and killing the suspect and rescuing all five hostages, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood is reflecting on his office’s role and addressing several other recent incidents.
The suspect had allegedly strapped a bomb to himself and five other people inside the bank’s second floor. The Kern County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Bakersfield Police Department and federal authorities in the early hours of the standoff, primarily by helping execute a search warrant at the suspect’s residence…