BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A man accused of setting a fire that damaged the Kern County Veterans Memorial will be sent to a mental health hospital after being found not competent to stand trial.
Prosecutors say Oscar Ibarra, 40, had a hearing Tuesday and was ordered committed to a hospital for two years. He was still listed in jail as of Wednesday afternoon.
The memorial was damaged on the evening of April 6, and the Bakersfield Fire Department released an image of the suspect…