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Water District Official Pleads Guilty to Stealing Groundwater for His California Farm

The Camarillo grower diverted $30,000 worth of water without paying required fees to a Fox Canyon water agency.
Water District Official Pleads Guilty to Stealing Groundwater for His California Farm
United Water Conservation District on North Rose Avenue in Oxnard, Calif., in November 2022. Google Maps/Screenshot via California Insider
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A former Ventura County, Calif., water district official pleaded guilty March 29 to one felony count of grand theft of water.

Daniel Naumann, 66, of Camarillo, is expected to be sentenced to 30 days in the Ventura County Jail and ordered to pay full restitution, then serve two years of probation, Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced Friday.
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