17 News @ Sunrise 05/28/2024

Some of today's top storiesPolice are asking for your help catching accused members of an organized crime ring that stole tens of thousands dollars in sunglasses... and sold them out of a smoke shop. This all happened at the Sunglass Hut at Valley Plaza Mall earlier this month.    BPD says three people walked into the store and stole about 50 pairs of designer sunglasses.    Then they returned and stole another 50 pairs a few days later... this time pepper spraying staff who tried to stop them.    Investigators later learned the crime ring was selling the sunglasses out of a smoke shop on Beale Avenue.    Officers say they found 21 pairs of sunglasses, drugs and guns.    Officers arrested five people in connection with the thefts. However, they're still looking for three others... Natalie Saucedo, Veronica Alvarez and Richard Gann.If you know anything about this case, please call the BPD tipline at 327-7111New details this morning about the case of a woman who was arrested after a delivery driver reported seeing kids tied up in her East Bakersfield home. someone reported seeing several children tied up at a home on Larry Street, south of Edison Highway on the evening of Valentine's Day.    According to court documents, deputies didn't find any evidence backing that claim.    But they *did* find deplorable living conditions including "cockroaches, piles of trash, an unbearable stench," and possible feces smeared on bedroom walls *inside* the home.     The children's mother, Catherine Harris, and her daughter, Mariah Moore, are now both charged with six counts of child cruelty.    They're due back in court in July.From our 17 Follow up file..    It's been 3 years now since a 12-year-old girl was shot and killed in Bakersfield.     And the family of Ahmaya Alexander is still searching for answers.    17's Mikhala Armstrong has more on their cry for justice.An investigation is underway in Delano after a crash left a woman dead Saturday.  It happened just after 8 a-m on Albany Street near 1st Avenue.     It's still not clear what led up to the crash, but police say two cars were involved.     One of the drivers died at the scene, and the other, who was not hurt, is said to be cooperating with the investigation.     According to the Delano Police Department, preliminary findings indicate drugs or alcohol do not appear to be factors in this collision.