Deidra Lucas

AFSCME Ex-President in Detroit Area Sentenced for Theft

AFSCME logoOn February 15, Deidra Lucas, former president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 100, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to time already served (one day) and three years supervised probation for embezzling $5,283.20 in funds from the Pontiac-based hospital workers union. She also will have to pay $39,403 in restitution and complete 50 hours of community service. She had been indicted in December 2009 and pleaded guilty in October 2010. During December 2004-July 2007, prosecutors charged, Lucas had fraudulently obtained $38,803.72 in local funds. The sentencing follows an investigation by the U.S. Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.

Detroit-Area AFSCME President Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement

AFSCME logoOn October 14, Deidra Lucas, former president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 100, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to embezzling $5,283.20 in funds from the Pontiac-based union. She is set for sentencing on January 6. The guilty plea follows a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.

Detroit-Area AFSCME Former Local President Indicted for Embezzlement

AFSCME logoFor more than two and a half years Deidra Lucas couldn't stay out of her organization's cookie jar. Her main challenge now will be to stay out of prison. Lucas, formerly president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 100 in Pontiac, Mich., was indicted a month and a half ago by a Detroit federal grand jury on four counts of embezzling nearly $40,000 in union funds. The local represented workers at the former (city-owned) North Oakland Medical Center, since 2008 having operated as Doctors' Hospital of Michigan, a privately-owned entity.

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