A man allegedly made bomb threats at a Chase Bank in downtown Bakersfield, California, barricading himself inside with people as negotiators worked.

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 ...

The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene early Wednesday morning, the Bakersfield Police Department said.

A man remained holed up inside a bank building in California on Wednesday (local time) with an undetermined number of hostages, as a tense standoff entered its 15th hour. The situation has prompted a ...

FBI and local crisis teams are trying to get the man who has barricaded himself inside a Bakersfield bank building to free the remaining hostages after two people were released overnight.

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 ...

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.