A Kern Valley State Prison correctional officer is charged with petty theft for reportedly stealing electronic cigarettes from a Bakersfield store last week.
Gilbert Najera, 37, was cited and released on the night of May 22 at the Ramco Express in the 2200 block of F Street, according to Bakersfield Police Department Sgt. Mary DeGeare.
Vice unit officers were wrapping up a shoulder tap operation when a store clerk reported that he suspected Najera had taken electronic cigarettes, DeGeare said. They contacted Najera and found him in possession of the cigarettes, police reported. Najera had identification so he was cited and released for petty theft, which is a misdemeanor, DeGeare said.
Kern Valley State Prison spokesman Lt. Jeff Smith confirmed that Najera is employed as a correctional officer at the prison. Smith said any "negative" effect to Najera's job will be decided after the case goes through the court system.
"If (Najera's) guilt is determined, then he will have a negative impact as far as his work," Smith said.
Najera is scheduled to appear in court June 14, according to Kern County Superior Court records, which list his full name as Jesse Gilbert Najera.
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How does this department manage to hire so many idiots?
ReplyDeleteThey are at the top, all the way through the bottom!
ReplyDeleteSh..t rolls down hill. What you Talkin bout Willis . HaHaHaHa!!!
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The job is bad enough, now we have to watch our co-workers . I feel like I'm in a Twilight-Zone episode.
ReplyDeleteNot surprising......
ReplyDeleteWow....see probably was going to sell them to inmates, since we can't smoke in here. Hahaha
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