By Associated Press - Wednesday, February 22, 2017

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - Kern County authorities say a 17-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a man whose body was found in an orchard.

Sheriff’s officials say the male teen was taken into custody Tuesday at a home in Bakersfield.

Investigators did not say what evidence led to the arrest. The suspect’s name wasn’t released because he’s a juvenile.



KBAK-TV reports (https://bit.ly/2lLKM4N ) a farmworker discovered the body of 18-year-old Michael Justin Ballesteros Feb. 9 in an orchard near Bakersfield.

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