January 11, 2016 Former NALC officer / letter carrier back on probation for stealing from U.S. mail
Frank Rysz, a former letter carrier who got probation for stealing from his own union, received probation again today for stealing from the U.S. mail.
U.S. District Judge Nora Barry Fischer gave him five years, six months of which he has to serve in a halfway house.
Rysz, 49, of Mount Pleasant in Westmoreland County, had pleaded to a count of theft of mail after prosecutors said he stole cash from three letters as well as an advertisement. Read more
Rysz pleaded guilty in November 2012 to stealing $12,514.19 from the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO, Branch #1124, when he was the local’s secretary-treasurer between 2007 and 2010. He was sentenced to three years of probation with the first five months on home detention, and ordered to pay restitution.
Rysz was still on probation when he was indicted in February 2015 for stealing cash from mail.
This should make those who were fired in the past for doing the same thing hire a lawyer and demand to get their jobs back, even if they have to be on “probation” during some of their work time. Not that I think theft is okay, but this soft treatment lately of postal workers is not fair for those who suffered the ultimate punishment in the past. I have dealt with many in the past who were fired for theft type offenses, and honestly believe that if given another chance, most of those people would never do it again.
If that amount was a felonious amount of money on the prior conviction, why was he allowed to continue his employment at the USPS?
Some idiots never learn. When a person gets a certain age, like 49, one would hope they would wise up, but this just proves that adulthood and maturity are in number only.
Must be related to some thug or tool to only get probation.
Fire them all.
So is this individual fired, Like anybody else.
Or got preferential treatment
This person doesn’t belong in the post office workforce.
Clearly a thief.