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Plasterers & Cement Masons, Local 534

Officials Sentenced

Office of Labor-Management Enforcement

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September 25th, 2013On September 25, 2013, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk County District Court, Linda Weed, former office secretary for Plasterers & Cement Masons Local 534 (located in Dorchester, Mass.), pled to sufficient facts and a Continuance Without a Finding of one count of Larceny of Property over $250, in violation of Massachusetts General Law, C. 266, s. 30. Weed was then sentenced to one month of probation and was ordered to make restitution in the amount of $7,294. The plea and sentencing follow an investigation by the OLMS Boston District Office.