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Law librarian who embezzled Law Library Funds pleads no contest
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and last updated 2021-04-15 21:47:29-04
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. â The Kern County District Attorneyâs Office announced today that defendant Annette Heath entered a plea in a multiple count embezzlement of public funds.
On April 15, defendant Annette Heath plead no contest to two counts of Embezzlement of Public Funds and one count of Grand Theft by an Employee.
The terms of the plea include a maximum of one year in custody, a stipulated restitution amount of $64,660, and three years of felony probation.
Between January 1, 2014, and February 28, 2020, Ms. Heath, who was the Law Librarian for the Kern County Law Library, embezzled public funds from the Kern County Law Library. During this time Ms. Heath overpaid herself $42,857 in wages, used $13,935 for personal purchases, and paid $7,867 for rental vehicles for family members, all of which was taken from Kern County Law Library fund