{"id":19231,"date":"2017-04-27T10:47:12","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T15:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=19231"},"modified":"2017-04-27T10:47:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-27T15:47:12","slug":"former-treasurer-of-the-national-association-of-letter-carriers-branch-378-in-marion-in-pleads-guilty-to-embezzling-approximately-16647","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2017\/04\/27\/former-treasurer-of-the-national-association-of-letter-carriers-branch-378-in-marion-in-pleads-guilty-to-embezzling-approximately-16647\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Treasurer of the National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 378 In Marion, IN Pleads Guilty To Embezzling Approximately $16,647"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 29, 2017, in the United States District Court Northern District of Indiana, Fenna F. Saylors, former Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 378 (located in Marion, Ind.), pled guilty to one count of embezzlement, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c).\u00a0 Saylors embezzled approximately $16,647.\u00a0 The guilty plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Previously published charges:<br \/>\nOn March 13, 2017, in the United States District Court Northern District of Indiana, Fenna F. Saylors, former Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 378 (located in Marion, Ind.), was charged in a one-count information with embezzlement of union funds in the amount of $16,647, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c).\u00a0 The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A <strong>indictment<\/strong> is a formal accusation or charge based on a finding by a Grand Jury that it is likely that the person charged committed the criminal offense described in the indictment and is the means by which an accused person (defendant) is brought to trial. An indictment raises no inference of guilt. As in all criminal cases, each defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>An <strong>information<\/strong> is a formal accusation of a crime by a government attorney rather than a Grand Jury.\u00c2\u00a0 An information raises no inference of guilt. As in all criminal cases, each defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>charge<\/strong> is an accusation of criminal activity and raises no inference of guilt. As in all criminal cases, each defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n<p>Each <strong>count<\/strong> is a separate and distinct offense charged in an indictment or information.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>guilty plea<\/strong> is a defendant&#8217;s admission to the court that he or she committed the offense charged and an agreement to waive the right to a trial.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>conviction<\/strong> is a judgment based on a jury&#8217;s verdict, judge&#8217;s finding, or the defendant&#8217;s admission that the defendant is guilty of the crime charged.<\/p>\n<p>A <strong>sentence<\/strong> is a judicial determination of the punishment to be imposed on an individual who has plead guilty or has been convicted by a jury or judge of a criminal offense.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12073\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dept-of-labor2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dept-of-labor2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dept-of-labor2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dept-of-labor2-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dept-of-labor2-266x266.jpg 266w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/dept-of-labor2.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 29, 2017, in the United States District Court Northern District of Indiana, Fenna F. Saylors, former Treasurer of National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branch 378 (located in Marion, Ind.), pled guilty to one count of embezzlement, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c).\u00a0 Saylors embezzled approximately $16,647.\u00a0 The guilty plea follows an investigation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12073,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19232,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19231\/revisions\/19232"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}