A former Bakersfield Police Department detective — and member of the famed McFarland High School cross ... this week to five years in prison. Damacio Diaz, 44, was sentenced Monday for bribery ...

The sentence received Monday was more lenient than prosecutors had urged for Damacio ... on the McFarland High School cross-country team that won the California championship in 1987. Diaz and ...

Damacio Diaz, 44, of McFarland, formerly a detective with the Bakersfield Police Department, was sentenced today to five years in prison for bribery, possession and attempted possession with the ...

Damacio Diaz was a subject of the movie McFarland USA and became a Bakersfield police officer. But federal agents arrested him at work today. Diaz may be a free man later tonight, but he's facing ...

BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Damacio Diaz, who was featured in the movie McFarland, USA and is currently a detective with the Bakersfield Police Department, has been arrested on bribery and drug trafficking ...

Damacio Diaz, center, poses with his older brothers, all former McFarland High School cross country runners who were on the 1987 state-championship team. Also pictured is Danny Diaz, left ...

Damacio Diaz was handed down a five-year sentence ... and member of the 1987 state championship cross country team from McFarland. His story was depicted in the 2015 movie "McFarland USA." ...

The sentence given to Damacio Diaz on Monday was more lenient than ... and with trafficking drugs that had been seized for evidence. "McFarland USA" was released in 2015 and tells the story ...

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Damacio Diaz, center, poses with his older brothers, all former McFarland High School cross country runners who were on the 1987 state-championship team. Also pictured is Danny Diaz, left ...

Bakersfield Police Detective Damacio Diaz is charged in a 16 count ... in the movie and his role in the community of McFarland, where Diaz lives. “People aren’t always what they seem ...

"It's all in the attitude." These are words Damacio Diaz says were instilled in him at a young age by coach Jim White, who was portrayed in the Disney movie McFarland, USA. The attitude in the ...