The hostage episode that began on Tuesday, ended on Wednesday with the suspect dead and hostages unharmed, according to the Bakersfield Police Department.

The bank robber killed after strapping a bomb to body and taking a group of people hostage during a marathon standoff in Bakersfield had a dark criminal history of sex acts involving underage girls after running off during his short military career.

The bank robber who strapped a bomb to himself and held 10 hostages for up to 15 hours inside a Bakersfield, Calif., bank before authorities shot him dead has been identified as a US Army veteran and sex offender. Police named the suspect as 41-year-old ...

A hostage situation is unfurling at the Chase bank branch in downtown Bakersfield in California amid bomb threats made by the suspect.