William Kendrick

Ex-Treasurer of Kansas City, Kansas Local Sentenced for Theft

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 08/27/2007 - 00:00

William Kendrick wasn’t treasurer of American Postal Workers Union Local 238 for very long.  But he made the most of his opportunity – until he was caught.  Kendrick, a resident of Grandview, Missouri, was sentenced in federal court on August 17 to five years’ probation and six months home detention for embezzling $26,235.94 from the Kansas City, Kan.-based union.  Kendrick, who had served in his position from April 2003 to August 2004, pleaded guilty this May to one count of embezzlement.  He admitted that he and Local 238 President Dwayne Giles, also of Grandview, co-signed checks from a union account payable to Kendrick.  They also made child support payments on behalf of Giles, who already has pleaded guilty and awaits sentencing on October 1.  (Kansas City Star, 8/17/07).            

 

Ohio Local Secretary-Treasurer Charged with Embezzlement

Ex-Financial Secretary in Virginia Sentenced for Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 06/18/2007 - 00:00

On May 25, David Taylor, formerly financial secretary for Carpenters and Millwrights Local 1402, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to 12 months and one day in prison and fined $35,074.18.  Last October he pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements on Department of Labor financial reporting forms in order to cover up his embezzlement of $72,422 in union funds.  He previously paid full restitution plus more than $14,000 in interest to the Richmond-based union, affiliated with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.  The sentencing comes after an investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.  (OLMS, 6/12/07).

 

Upstate New York Local Treasurer Sentenced for Embezzlement

Alabama Local Secretary Sentenced for Embezzlement

Submitted by Carl Horowitz on Mon, 03/26/2007 - 00:00

Sharon Ann Burt, secretary of Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union Local 611, was sentenced in federal court to one year in prison for embezzling $72,701 in union funds.  Federal prosecutors said that Burt, 49, a resident of Fort Payne, Alabama, in the northeast part of the state, wrote checks without authorization, paid her bills with union money, and doctored bank statements delivered to her personal post office box.  She was indicted last May and pleaded guilty to embezzlement and mail fraud in October.  Local 611 represented employees at the Earthgrains plant in Fort Payne, which closed in 2005.  (Gadsden Times, 3/14/07; Huntsville Times, 3/15/07).

 

Pittsburgh-Area Local Chieftain Pleads Guilty to Thefts

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