The judge overseeing the preliminary hearing for the woman charged with threatening 13 Bakersfield City Council members, staff members and the mayor decided Thursday that the victims listed in the complaint will not have to testify in the hearing.
Deputy Public Defender Jacob Evans previously subpoenaed all seven city council members, Mayor Karen Goh and the city staff who were sitting at the dais during the April 10 meeting at which Riddhi Patel made allegedly threatening comments. She is charged with 11 counts of threatening with the intent to terrorize, two counts of attempted threats with…..