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Roadside vendor enforcement results in arrests.
Bill Curtis By: Bill Curtis
4:39 PM Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
On Saturday, 07/19 , the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, Kern County Environmental Health Services Department and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, (ICE), conducted an enforcement check of roadside vendors and mobile food vendors. These vendors are required to obtain county licenses prior to conducting business. As a result of this enforcement action, three citations were issued and seven subjects were arrested. Many of the arrested subjects had been cited, multiple times, for the same offences in the past. In addition to the arrests, several hundred pounds of illegal food and produce were seized by Environmental Health Services.



During the enforcement action, an outdoor kitchen was located at 1117 Vista St, Bakersfield. This was located in the rear yard of a residence. This was a location where food was being prepared for street vendors. This uninspected and unlicensed outdoor kitchen posed a significant health risk. The food preparation and production process had no sanitation or protection from insects or animals. There was no refrigeration for the unused products, which were left on the ground for future use.

Environmental Health Services found the preparation method a health risk. The food products were being boiled in galvanized trash cans. The heat causes the galvanization to separate from the metal surfaces and adheres to the food. Once the food is ingested the zinc and other metals could cause heavy metal poising. At this time Environmental Health Services has not received any reports of illnesses associated with this kitchen. The operators of the kitchen were identified as Celia Hoyos Avilia, Hispanic female, 30 years old; Petra Baez, Hispanic Female, 23 years old; and Leticia Baez, Hispanic Female, 29 years old. All three were arrested for: Cooking and selling without a license, (CO 5.32.030) and No County Health Permit (CO 5.32.040). In addition Petra Baez was arrested for giving false information to a Peace Officer, (PC 148.9).

If you wish to report an illness resulting from consuming food from a street vendor, contact the Kern County Environmental Health Services Department at 862-8700.

Also arrested, were the following subjects:

Juan Suarez Perez, Hispanic Male, 37 years old, Vendor without a license (CO 5.090.101) and Possession of less than one ounce of Marijuana, (H&S11357b).

Juan Hernandez Garcia, Hispanic Male, 32 years old, Vendor without a license (CO 5.090.101).

Geronimo Winies, Hispanic Male, 22 years old, Vendor without a license (CO 5.090.101) and No County Health Permit (CO 5.32.040).

Juan Trinidad Santos, Hispanic Male, 31 years old, Vendor without a license (CO 5.090.101) and Operating a Business without permit (RT 6071).


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  • Brittanicus
    I guess those packing and moving out is going to a 'Sanctuary city' like (in your face) San Francisco or Los Angeles. Anything goes there! Never mind unreported poisonings from street vendors. Just two of the 27 named around the country? Both have stopped their police forces from asking questions, now the Mayor's of these cities, have a 4 deaths on their corrupt consciouses? First Jamiel Shaw and now the Father and two sons of widow Danielle Bologna. Death is on the streets and highway every day, because the criminals are running rampant. At least Sheriff Joe has some handle on the illegal aliens here, and although Governor Neapolitano and Mayor Phil Gordon are bowing to the special interest lobby. The majority of Arizona legal residents are not and they are mad-as-hell!

    We must get the resistant Democrats, to sponsor the Federal SAVE ACT (H.R.4088) for harsh enforcement only. If illegal aliens can't get jobs, they will go home..
    Google NUMBERSUSA for uncensored facts.

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