Deputies Catch Alleged Diesel Thieves
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The Kern County Sheriff’s Office Rural Crimes Investigations Unit has arrested several people following a series of diesel fuel thefts in the Shafter, Wasco and Buttonwillow areas.
Working with the Shafter Police Department, deputies arrested Donald Webb, 59, of Shafter, and David Barnum, 32, of Bakersfield, at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in the 30500 block of Orange Avenue. Deputies say the men were caught inside a Ford Expedition with false license plates, a transfer pump, hoses and several jugs of fuel.
He was arrested on suspicion of possession of a stolen vehicle and possession of stolen agriculture equipment.