BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Kern County jury acquitted a man of two charges and deadlocked on a third in connection with an alleged assault with a knife that occurred outside the Spirit Halloween store on White Lane.
Jurors on April 1 found Brett O’Leary not guilty of making criminal threats and resisting a peace officer, and hung 6-6 on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, according to a release from the Kern County Public Defender’s Office.
He faced a potential life sentence if convicted on all counts…