California County Supervisor Under Investigation After Alleged Assault on His Child

Published on April 30, 2024

Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner is being investigated for allegedly sexually assaulting one of his children, authorities said April 25. Sheriff’s deputies responded to Mr. Scrivner’s Tehachapi residence on April 23 at around 11 p.m. after District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer—who is Mr. Scrivner’s aunt—called Sheriff Donny Youngblood worrying about her nephew’s safety, saying that Mr. Scrivner was armed and experiencing a “psychotic episode,” the sheriff said at a news conference. “We were responding to what we believed at the time was a suicidal person having a psychotic episode, not any crime,” Mr. Youngblood said. The sheriff said that Ms. Zimmer called him again saying Mr. Scrivner was no longer armed. Deputies later secured the firearm....

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