Otsego Woman Pleads Guilty to Misappropriation of Postal Funds

A 53-year-old Otsego woman recently plead guilty to misappropriation of postal funds.

A federal indictment March 12 charged former United States Postal Employee Kathleen M. Warner with allegedly taking approximately $10,365.57 from the Brooklyn Park Post Office, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

From approximately February 2010 to August 2012, the indictment alleged Warner took from her cash drawer, removed stamps and other merchandise without paying for them.

In her plea agreement, according to the United States Attorney's Office, "Warner admitted that from in or about February 2010 to in or about August 2012, while performing her duties as a service associate for the USPS, she stole funds exceeding $1,500. Warner admittedly recorded cash sales of postage stamps incorrectly to benefit herself, used postage stamps for personal mailings without paying for them, took money out of her cash drawer to purchase Post Office merchandise, and took money from the cash drawer for her own benefit." 

Warner faces a possible maximum of ten years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled to be determined at a future hearing.