June 19, 2024 – Kern County Sheriff's Office officials report that on June 14, 2024, Deputies from the East Area Substations Section began working on a Community Oriented Policing project (COPS) in the Tehachapi area.  Deputies learned about numerous Vagos motorcycle gang members in the area that were harassing customers at a local business.  During the community policing project, deputies conducted a Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) search at a residence in the 20,000 block of Dawn Avenue, Tehachapi California.  Inside the residence, the Deputy located gang paraphernalia, a firearm concealed inside a Vagos vest, a firearm concealed in a motorcycle, a fully automatic machine gun, and a 40MM launcher.

As a result of the investigation, deputies arrested 37-year-old Angela Vasquez of Tehachapi for numerous felonies including firearm charges, child endangerment, and a gang enhancement.  Deputies also obtained a $305,000 Ramey Warrant for 37-year-old Ulisses Navarette of Tehachapi.  The warrant is for numerous felonies and a gang enhancement.  Navarette has not been located.

WANTED - ULISSES NAVARETTE

Age: 37

DOB: 10/18/86

Height: 5’8”

Weight: 212lbs

Hair: brown

Eyes: brown

Race: Hispanic

The Kern County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in locating a suspect, ULISSES NAVARETTE, age 37, who has an active arrest warrant in connection with weapons and gang charges in connection to the “Vagos” Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. NAVARETTE should be considered armed.

If anyone has information on NAVARETTE’S whereabouts, they are asked to call Senior Deputy Menser of the Kern County Sheriff’s Office at (661) 861-3110, or the Secret Witness line at (661) 322-4040.

Source & photos: Kern County Sheriff’s Office