A mere slap on the wrist delivered, unlike all the mail this postal employee stole.
The Detroit News: Postal worker linked to stolen mail will pay $1,500
After stealing at least 2,000 pieces of mail, postal worker Sharon Berrien will have to pay a $1,500 fine (payable in $50 a month increments),do 40 hours of community service and the criminal charges will be dropped.
Less than a dollar fine per piece of mail converted including the gift cards etc that were inside them and after she admitted she kept $1,000-$1,500 of the contents like gift cards, etc.
In other words, she's not even being punished for her crime, merely told to repay what she estimated she stole and go forth and steal no more. What an effective way to deter future postal employee thefts and to punish a wrongdoer.
An outrageous first-class slap on the wrist indeed.
5 comments:
And she keeps her cushy Postal Service job and nice pension?
Of course... can't affect that pension...
Probably union. Which I never understood. We didn't have a union. And we couldn't get away with the crap I see. We were required to have integrety.
Probably union. Which I never understood. We didn't have a union. And we couldn't get away with the crap I see. We were required to have integrety.
Yes, I don't get this sweetheart deal at all. Theft over $1,000 is a felony at the state level with up to 5 years imprisonment or a $10,000 fine or a fine of three times the value of the stolen items, whichever is greater, not to mention federal mail theft charges. So this deal is way below the guidelines.
Apparently postal workers get some great privileges and a license to commit theft without worry.
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