Steven McDeid

Minnesota Postal Workers President Sentenced for Embezzlement

Letter carrierSteven McDeid is not in the best of shape, but he'll still have to repay his debts. On July 8, McDeid, formerly president of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 388, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota to 90 days of home confinement and five years of probation for embezzling funds from the St. Cloud union. He also will have to pay $51,639.61 in restitution and a $100 special assessment, plus perform 150 hours of community service. He had pleaded guilty in March following a probe by the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.

President of Minnesota Postal Workers Local Pleads Guilty

It's easy to feel sympathy for Steven James McDeid. But that doesn't make his thefts excusable. McDeid, the former longtime president of Branch 388 of the National Association of Letter Carriers, pleaded guilty on March 24 in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota to embezzling $51,639.61 over nearly five years from the St. Cloud union. Charged on March 5, he remains free on bond pending sentencing.

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