BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A man faces over three years in prison after being convicted of punching and kicking a Bakersfield Police Department officer. It happened as the officer was responding to a call of the same man trying to open a victim’s car door.
The Kern County District Attorney’s Office said on October 24, 2025, a Kern County jury found Eric Castro guilty of resisting arrest through force and violence and tampering with a vehicle without the owner’s consent.
The DA’s office said on February 12, 2025, an officer with the Bakersfield Police Department responded to a call from a business located on Ming Avenue and Stine Road. The victim told the responding officer that she was getting out her vehicle when Eric Castro walked directly towards her, saying something she could not understand…