A former Kentucky window clerk, Sherry Jo Justice, has pleaded not guilty to charges of misappropriation of postal funds, theft of postal money orders and two counts of narcotics distribution. According to news report from the Appalachian News Express:
A Pikeville woman will face an April trial date in a case that alleges she, as a U.S. Postal employee, sold drugs and committed theft from her employer.
During a hearing Monday in U.S. District Court in Pikeville, Sherry Jo Justice, 52, pleaded not guilty to charges of selling morphine and oxycodone, misappropriation of postal funds and theft of money orders.
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According to the indictment, Justice allegedly took nearly $7,000 in cash from 13 nightly deposits for the Pikeville Main Street Post Office, between Sept. 28, 2012, and Oct. 30, 2013. The amounts ranged from $80 to $2,500. Justice is also charged with issuing herself a $332.12 money order, another for $84.75, and a third for $50 on Aug. 12. In addition, Justice is charged with distributing morphine pills on Oct. 9 and oxycodone pills on Oct. 11.