California County Supervisor Under Investigation After Alleged Assault on His Child

Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner was stabbed twice in an altercation with his children, the sheriff said. “The child was protecting the other child.”

Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner. Kern County Board of Supervisors

Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner is being investigated for allegedly sexually assaulting one of his children, authorities said April 25.

Sheriff’s deputies responded to Mr. Scrivner’s Tehachapi residence on April 23 at around 11 p.m. after District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer—who is Mr. Scrivner’s aunt—called Sheriff Donny Youngblood worrying about her nephew’s safety, saying that Mr. Scrivner was armed and experiencing a “psychotic episode,” the sheriff said at a news conference.