BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK/KBFX) — A 67-year-old convicted attempted murderer was granted parole by the California Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) on March 10, announced the Kern County District Attorney’s Office.
Thomas Faulkner was found to no longer pose a current and unreasonable risk to public safety, mostly due to his serious health conditions.
His case dates back to 2012, when Faulkner was serving a sentence in a Kern County prison for convictions in Santa Clara and Los Angeles Counties. One of his sentences included an assault on a first responder in Santa Clara…