4 Arrested for Skimming and Grand Theft
November 14, 2025 – Kern County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on November 6, 2025, deputies from the North Area Substation (Buttonwillow) received several reports of fraudulent credit card use, totaling thousands of dollars, from a truck stop in the 27000-block of Lagoon Drive. Through investigation, deputies identified four suspects involved using three trucks in the theft of diesel fuel. The suspects used several vessels, including fuel tanks and five-gallon water bottles loaded in the bed of two pickup trucks.
Deputies located two of the vehicles at a nearby hotel and arrested 42-year-old YASEL YEDRA RODRIGUEZ of Houston, Texas, and 42-year-old YOAGNER TORRES RODRIGUEZ of Las Vegas, Nevada, for fraud, grand theft and conspiracy charges. Upon the execution of a search warrant, deputies located computers and electronic equipment commonly used in credit card skimming…