Judy Domning

Ohio Boss Gets 3 Months at home for $19,100 Theft

U.S. Dist. Judge David A. Katz (N.D. Ohio, Clinton) sentenced the ex-treasurer of the Lima (Ohio) Mem'l Prof'l Nurses Ass'n, Sharon K. Schmenk, Feb. 1 to three years probation, the first six months to be spent in home confinement. She must wear an ankle monitor, which costs  $4.95 a day. She must pay for the monitor (approximately $891). Katz also ordered the boss to to make full restitution. She pled guilty Oct. 5 to embezzling $19,170 in union funds.  [DOL 2/1/02; USAO N.D. Ohio 2/25/02]


Minnesota Boss Gets Probation for False Entries, Paid $18,700 in Restitution
On Feb. 25, in the U.S. Dist. Court for the Dist. of Minn., Judy Domning, ex-executive director of the Minn. Licensed Practical Nurses Ass'n and ex-executive director of the Technical Employees Ass'n of Minn., was convicted of making a false statement by making false entries in union records. She was sentenced to two years probation and barred from employment by unions "for life." She had pled guilty on Aug. 24 and had previously made restitution of $18,772.

Four Months Home Detention for Dayton Boss Who Stole $6,400

Stanley M. Bennett, ex-boss of Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters Local 1137, was sentenced Aug. 30 to 3 years probation; fined $200; ordered to serve four months of home detention, including two months with electric monitoring; and ordered to make restitution of $6,477.56. He pled guilty to embezzling union funds.

Bennett was charged Apr. 24 with embezzling $4,833 from Int'l Bhd. of Teamsters Local 473 and Dayton (Ohio) Mailers Union Local 1137. He was secretary-treasurer of the Mailers Local before it merged with the IBT Local. He was a union steward after the merger. From May 1997 to Mar. 1998, he allegedly stole $2,588 in members' cash dues. He concealed the theft "by making false entries of receipts in the dues log or failing to record the amount received," according to federal court records. Reportedly, Bennett also wrote union checks totaling $2,245 for his own benefit. [DOL 8/30/01; Dayton Daily News 4/25/01]

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