SIOUX CITY | The theft trial of Forest City Postmaster Danny D. Miller in federal court in Sioux City has been continued to February.
Miller was to be tried on the charge in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa beginning Jan. 5.
The trial now will begin Feb. 2.
Miller allegedly embezzled mail in his care as postmaster and took prescription medications from the U.S. Mail for his own use.
A grand jury indictment was handed down on Oct. 23.
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Northern Iowa postmaster accused of mail theft
A federal indictment has been filed against Danny D. Miller, Postmaster of Forest City, Iowa on theft charges. Miller has worked for the US Postal Service since 1988 and the postmaster of Forrest City since 2012.
From the October 23, 2014 grand jury indictment:
Beginning on or about May 2013 and continuing through on or about July 2014, in the Northern District of Iowa, defendant DANNY D. MILLER, an officer and employee of the United States Postal Service, did embezzle mail, and articles contained therein, entrusted to him or which came into his possession intended to be conveyed by mail by the United States Postal Service, and stole, abstracted and removed from such mail, prescription pain medications contained therein, with intent to convert such items to his own use.
This was in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1709.
The US Attorney’s office decided not to arrest Miller since his arraignment is scheduled for Wednesday, October 29, 2014 .
There we have it in plain sight, another Postal management getting away with a crime! Where are the balls of this company?? Post Masters think they can do what ever they want these days!
I’m almost ashamed to be a Postal worker ;o(