Postal Worker Steals Kids' Birthday Money, Gets Prison
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Northern California postal worker has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for stealing money from children's birthday cards.
Twenty-nine-year-old Dean Hudson, of East Linda, was ordered to serve five months of home detention after his release from prison. He also must pay nearly $3,000 in restitution.
Hudson pleaded guilty in May to opening mail at the U.S. Postal Service facility in Olivehurst and taking money that was included in children's birthday cards.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Postal Service inspectors began an investigation after residents in Chico reported receiving mail that had been opened.
U.S. District Judge Edward Garcia sentenced Hudson on Friday.