Ex-postal worker pleads guilty to stealing funds
A former postal worker in Prince George’s County has admitted that she stole thousands of dollars in U.S. Postal Service funds by misappropriating money orders.
Lamonica Henderson, 42, of Oxon Hill, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Greenbelt.
Henderson worked as a sales and service associate at the Lanham-Seabrook Post Office from September 2007 to May 2009. During that time, she fraudulently issued Postal Service money orders that were payable to herself, her family members and others, according to her plea agreement. She admitted to stealing a total of $78,413 in Postal Service funds.
Man gets 15 years for ATM holdups
A man was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for holding up nine people at District ATMs in one month.
John Woodland, 45, robbed or tried to rob people as they used automated teller machines around the city between April 20 and May 19, 2010. According to prosecutors, he often used a knife to threaten his victims as he demanded money and used their cards to withdraw cash from their accounts.
He pleaded guilty to nine crimes in March in D.C. Superior Court. The robberies occurred across Northwest Washington and were reported at all hours.
Armed robbery at MoCo Dunkin’ Donuts
Police say two armed men tied up employees as they robbed a Dunkin’ Donuts in Olney.
Montgomery County police said Tuesday that two men entered the donut shop at 18100 Village Center Drive and demanded cash from the two employees in the store.
One robber was armed with a knife and the other was carrying a handgun, police said.
The men bound the two workers and fled with cash.
One employee suffered minor injuries.
The robbery happened just before 11 p.m. Saturday.
– Emily Babay
