These investigations by OLMS District Offices involve issues such as embezzlements of union funds, union officer elections, the filing of required reports by unions and others with OLMS, and the imposition of trusteeships over subordinate unions by a parent body. These investigations may result in legal enforcement actions.
Date
Description
March 12th, 2014
On March 12, 2014, in the Hennepin County (Minnesota) District Court, Jason Brown, former shop chairman of Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 87140 (located in Minneapolis, Minn.), pled guilty to one count of theft by swindle of over $1,000, in violation of Minnesota Statute 609.52. Brown was then sentenced to one year and one day confinement (stayed for five years), but ordered to serve 90 days of confinement in addition to five years of probation. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $3,905 less whatever restitution he previously paid. Brown may not possess a firearm and must provide a DNA sample. Brown will be allowed to serve his time either at a workhouse with work release or at home with electronic home monitoring. The plea and sentencing follow an investigation by the OLMS Minneapolis Resident Investigator Office.
November 14th, 2012
On November 14, 2012, in the Hennepin County Court of Minnesota, Dennis Earley, former Financial Secretary of Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 87140 (located in Minneapolis, Minn.), pled guilty to one count of theft by swindle over $5,000, in violation of Minnesota Statute 609.52, SUBD. 2(4), SUBD. 3(2). Earley was then sentenced to 10 days in a work house, three years of probation, and was ordered to pay a $500 fine. As a condition of probation, Earley will not be allowed to hold union office. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Minneapolis Resident Investigator Office.
