Park Rangers Arrest for Vandalism at Hart Park 

February 7, 2025 – Kern County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on February 6, 2025, at approximately 9:36 a.m., Kern County Sheriff’s Office Park Rangers responded to Hart Park after receiving multiple reports of a subject attempting to steal the American flag from the park’s entrance.

Upon arrival, Park Rangers discovered a vehicle stuck in the muddy grass next to the flagpole. Park Rangers determined that 24-year-old Crystal Aguilar had cut the chain securing the flagpole, removed the American flag, and thrown it into the mud before raising the national flag of Mexico in its place.

When Park Rangers attempted to detain Aguilar, she physically resisted and made multiple verbal threats against them. Aguilar was taken into custody and booked on charges of PC 69- threatening a peace officer, PC 594- vandalism, PC 148- resisting arrest, VC 21113(a)- trespassing in a vehicle, and violation of county ordinance for possession of marijuana in a park.

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Source: Kern County Sheriff’s Office