31 year-old Sergio Patt, the former Manager of the Post Office's Express Mail Section, is in jail tonight he pleaded guilty to stealing almost 21 thousand dollars.
As we told you Patt is accused of embezzling the money between the months of October and November 2015. Police investigations show that Patt produced a bogus spread sheet to try to hide the shortages.
Well, he was arraigned today before Magistrate Carlon Mendoza, and he did not waste the court's time. He pled guilty to all 6 counts of theft, and he said that he stole the money because he wanted to help his mother who is sick with diabetes. He told the court that his wife has passed away, and he is the sole breadwinner for his 3 children.
Magistrate Mendoza told him that these hardships are no excuse for what he did, and with that he imposed a sentence of 1 year for each count with the stipulation that the sentences are to run concurrently. That means that he will only have to serve a totoal of one year in jail.
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