Former Postal Worker Who Took Checks Sentenced

(Dubuque, IA) — A former eastern Iowa postal employee who stole hundreds of thousands of checks from the mail will spend more than two years in federal prison. Thirty-eight-year-old Amy Jurisic worked at the Dubuque Post Office and pleaded guilty in June to one count of mail theft. Evidence at her hearing showed she took more than 60 pieces of mail that contained 650-thousand dollars worth of checks. She gave the checks to an individual in Chicago who would attempt to deposit them into various bank accounts. Approximately 62-thousand dollars worth of checks were actually deposited into bank accounts. She was sentenced to 33 months in prison and ordered to pay back the 62-thousand dollars.