For Gary A. Barner, a 16-month sentence in federal prison for theft is anticlimactic. Maybe that's because he's already doing time in state prison for something a lot more serious. Barner, formerly treasurer for Local 518 of the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union (PACE), was sentenced in federal court on January 14 to one year and four months in prison for embezzling nearly $30,000 from the Rome, Ga.-based union. He pleaded guilty in October. PACE is now part of the United Steelworkers of America, the two having merged in 2005.
