United States Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that on April 29, 2010, Janessa M. Woods, of Kokhanok, Alaska, pled guilty and was sentenced in federal court in Anchorage to theft of public money, according to a written statement from Loeffler’s office.Woods, age 22, pled guilty and was sentenced to probation on the one-count information before Chief United States District Court Judge Judge Ralph R. Beistline.According to court documents presented by Assistant United States Attorney Jack S. Schmidt, who prosecuted the case, Woods was the Contract Postmaster in Kokhanok in the Bristol Bay region from June 2007 to November 2007, when she stole $6,853.83 in Cash-on-Delivery COD funds collected from Koknanok residents to pay outside vendors for items shipped to the village.

via The Bristol Bay Times – Kohkanok woman gets five years’ probation for stealing from U.S. Post Office.

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