Man pleads guilty to making false disability claim

Published March 26, 2014 8:57pm ET



BALTIMORE (AP) — A former postal worker has pleaded guilty to falsely claiming he was disabled to get worker’s compensation benefits.

Forty-year-old Christopher O’Brien of Eldersburg entered the plea Wednesday in federal court in Baltimore. If the Court accepts the plea deal, O’Brien will be sentenced to six months in prison and six months of home detention. He also agreed to pay restitution of more than $80,000.

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