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Office of Labor-Management Enforcement

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) conducts both civil and criminal investigations of alleged violations of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) and related laws.

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.

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July 14th, 2016On July 14, 2016, in the Campbell County, Kentucky Circuit Court, Laura Cloyd, former Financial Secretary of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 112 (located in Alexandria, Ky.), was charged in a one-count indictment for felony theft by failure to make required disposition of property, value $500 or more, in violation of KRS 514.070. The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati-Cleveland District Office.
January 16th, 2014On January 16, 2014, in the 421st Judicial District Court, Caldwell County, Texas, David Martinez, former Secretary Treasurer of Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 267 (located in Austin, Tex.), was sentenced to five years of probation and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $10,512 and a $1,500 fine. On April 12, 2013, Martinez was charged with felony theft in the value of $1,500 or more but less than $20,000, in violation of Texas State Penal Code 31.03. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Dallas-New Orleans District Office.
September 24th, 2013On September 24, 2013, in the State of Texas, 118th District Court, Howard County, Carl Green, former Treasurer of Security, Police, and Fire Professionals (SPFPA) Local 126 (located in Big Springs, Tex.), was charged with unlawfully appropriating property of another. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Dallas District Office.
April 23rd, 2013On April 23, 2013, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Wayne Patrick Boudoin, former President of Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 709 (located in Houma, La.), was charged in a one-count information with embezzlement of union funds in the amount of $16,367.96, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS New Orleans District Office.
April 17th, 2012On April 17, 2012, in the Harris County, Texas District Court, Kemberly Fields, former President of Security Police and Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA), Local 300 (located at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Tex.), was charged and arrested for embezzling approximately $23,000 in union funds, in violation of Texas Statute 32.45 – Misapplication of Fiduciary Property. The charge and arrest follow an investigation by the OLMS New Orleans District Office.
December 2nd, 2011On December 2, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, an information was filed against Joseph Meizlik, former President of Security, Police, Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 454 (located in Fort Lee, Va.), charging him with one count of embezzling $9,122.44 in union funds, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Washington District Office.
November 23rd, 2011On November 23, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Sherry Thompson, former Financial Secretary for Security, Police, Fire Professionals of America (SPFPA) Local 121 (located in Detroit, Mich.), was charged in a criminal complaint with embezzling $17,578.62 in union funds, filing a false financial report, and making false entries in union records. The charges follow an investigation by the OLMS Detroit District Office.
August 19th, 2010On August 19, 2010, in the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, James Patrick Correll, former president of the Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America Local 238 (located in Morrison, Ill.) pled guilty to an information charging him with embezzling and converting to his own use union funds in the amount of $22,278. The plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Chicago District Office.
December 7th, 2009On December 7, 2009, in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Roger Wuest, former Secretary-Treasurer of Security Police and Fire Professionals (SPFPA) (located in San Bernardino, Calif.), was sentenced to one year of probation. On September 24, 2009, Wuest pled guilty to a charge of concealment or destruction of union records. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Phoenix Resident Investigator Office.
September 24th, 2009On September 24, 2009, in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, Roger Wuest, former Secretary-Treasurer of Security Police and Fire Professionals Union Officer, Ind. (located in Phoenix, Ariz.), pled guilty to one count of willful concealment and destruction of required union records. On September 9, 2009, Wuest was charged with the same offenses. The plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Phoenix Resident Investigator Office.
July 31st, 2009On July 31, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Dianne Drawdy, former Financial Secretary of Security Police Fire Professionals Local 576 (located in Baxley, Ga.) pled guilty to embezzling union funds. Drawdy agreed to make restitution in the amount of $17,900. On April 10, 2009, Drawdy was charged with sixteen counts of embezzling union funds in the amount of $17,900. The plea follows an investigation by the OLMS Miami Resident Office.
April 10th, 2009On April 10, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Dianne Drawdy, former Financial Secretary of Security Police Fire Professionals Local 576 (located in Baxley, Ga.), was indicted on sixteen counts of embezzling union funds in the amount of approximately $17,900. The charge follows an investigation by the OLMS Miami Resident Investigator Office.
December 29th, 2005On December 29, 2005, in the 81st Indiana Judicial Circuit in Lawrence County, Indiana, an information was filed against William F. Campbell, former President of Security, Police, & Fire Professionals of America Local 10, charging him with one count of felony theft in the amount of $3,894.36. The indictment follows an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati District Office.
September 17th, 2003On September 17, 2003, in Marion County (Indiana) Superior Court, Jo Ellen Tumey, former president of Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America Local 4, was charged in an information with embezzling $2,470.88 in union funds. The charges were brought following an investigation by the OLMS Cincinnati District Office.