BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Ridgecrest man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly almost struck two Bakersfield Fire Department firefighters and yelled obscenities in downtown Bakersfield.
Police said the suspect was identified as 40-year-old Jason Hernandez.
Two firefighters were standing outside the rear of Fire Station 1 in the 1700 block of 22nd Street when Hernandez allegedly accelerated at a high speed, failed to stop at a stop sign and attempted to strike the firefighters, according to the fire department…