Cleveland headquarters isn't the only place at the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) where corruption seems to have occurred. On July 27, Cory Carroll, formerly secretary-treasurer of the union's Regional and Shortline General Committee of Adjustment, pleaded guilty in St. Paul federal court to embezzling $35,000 in BLET funds. He had been indicted in April. According to prosecutors, Carroll, now 39, a resident of Albert Lea, Minn., during February 2007-March 2009 illegally charged personal expenses to his union credit card and claimed lost wages for days in which he was not absent. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison. The guilty plea follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On November 30, Jonathan Thompson, former secretary-treasurer of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Division 333, was sentenced in Dakota County District Court of Minnesota to 364 days in jail and two years probation for financial transaction card fraud against the Rosemount union. He also will have to make restitution in the amount of $11,841.76 to the union and another $9,650.93 to Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, plus pay $455 in court costs and perform 40 hours of community service. Thompson had pleaded guilty in September. The guilty plea and sentencing follow a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On December 2, Cory Carroll, former secretary-treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Regional and Shortline General Committee of Adjustment, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota to five years probation for theft from the Albert Lea-based union. He also was ordered to pay $35,362.41 in restitution and a $100 assessment, while refraining from gambling and the use of various controlled substances. The sentencing follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
On November 5, Dustin Heichel, former general chairman of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Regional and Shortline General Committee of Adjustment, located in Austin, Minnesota, was sentenced in Mower County District Court to four years probation for theft in the amount of $1,562.12 and false representation in union financial statements. He also will have to make full restitution. Heichel had been charged on August 26 and pleaded guilty on September 30. The actions follow a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen is about to get its fourth national president in less than three years. Paul Sorrow, head of the Teamsters-affiliated railroad employees union since last November, announced in a letter a few weeks ago that 
On April 6, Cory Carroll, secretary-treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen's Regional and Shortline Committee of Adjustment, was indicted in Minneapolis federal court for embezzlement. Prosecutors say that during February 2007-March 2009, Carroll, 39, a resident of Albert Lea, illegally diverted about $35,000 from the labor organization to his own use. The indictment follows an investigation by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
The reign of Edward Rodzwicz was brief. And members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) might be feeling a certain relief. On November 13, 
