Disgraced Army vet and sex offender sparked Bakersfield hostage crisis by telling victims it was a ‘bad day to be at the bank’ - Anthony Scott Searles-Harris held 10 people hostage at a California ban ...

As investigators continue to piece together what led to a 15-hour hostage standoff at a downtown Bakersfield bank, the former mother-in-law of the man killed by ...

A registered sex offender and former U.S. Army soldier was fatally shot by FBI agents Wednesday after allegedly strapping explosives onto himself and multiple hostages during a tense, nearly 16-hour ...

Officers responded to a call of a bomb threat at the bank on Tuesday and found a man had barricaded himself inside with others, police said.

The man who held 10 hostages overnight in a California Chase Bank building and threatened to detonate explosives — before he was shot dead by FBI agents — has been identified as a registered sex ...

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