Officer accused of sexual misconduct with minors

A Kern County police officer was arrested in his hometown of Bakersfield on Friday for 12 counts of sexual misconduct with minors occurring over a four-year period in Lemoore, according to police officials. Garry Snap Ferguson, 30, was booked into the Kings County Jail on suspicion of lewd acts with a child through the use of force, unlawful sex with a minor under 16 years of age, oral copulation with a child under 16 years of age, forcible rape and a special circumstance of penetration.