An active hostage situation was ongoing Tuesday evening in Bakersfield after a suspected bank robber claimed he had a bomb strapped to his body. The call to 17th Street and Chester Avenue came in just ...

Law enforcement negotiated with the “bomb-strapped” Bakersfield Chase Bank robber for hours before they made the decision to end the stand-off violently by “blowing his head off.” Anthony Scott ...

Police said the unidentified suspect has been making bomb threats, with a bomb apparently strapped to his body, as he holds at least one hostage at the Chase Bank on 17th Street and Chester in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The bank robber who strapped a bomb to himself and held 10 hostages for up to 15 hours inside a Bakersfield, Calif., bank before ...

A hostage situation at a Bakersfield bank concluded after over 15 hours, with all hostages released unharmed and the suspect deceased.

A report of a bomb threat at a Chase Bank branch in downtown Bakersfield, California, prompted authorities to evacuate the area Tuesday afternoon, police said ...

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

A hostage situation at a Chase bank in Bakersfield, California, ended tragically when 41-year-old Anthony Scott Searles-Harris was shot and killed by police after a 15-hour standoff.

The bank robber who claimed he had bombs strapped to his body is dead after an officer-involved shooting at a Chase Bank in Bakersfield, police said Wednesday morning. All of the hostages have been ...

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 ...

A man who took 10 hostages while claiming to have explosives in a California school district’s offices before authorities killed him Wednesday morning was an Army veteran and convicted sex offender, ...