BAKERSFIELD (CA)
KBAK/KBFX/Bakersfield Now [Bakersfield CA]
February 20, 2025
By Bakersfield Now staff
The former Tehachapi youth pastor accused of sexually assaulting a teen pleaded not guilty on Thursday.
Adrian Daugherty was confirmed to post bail a day after being arrested in January.
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Tehachapi police said Daugherty was a youth pastor at the Tehachapi Church of the Nazarene.
Daugherty appeared in a Mojave courthouse Thursday morning for his felony arraignment. He pleaded not guilty. He is scheduled to be back in court in April.
The judge said he would remain out on bail and ordered to stay away from the victim.