Officials Sentenced

Office of Labor-Management Enforcement

The Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) conducts both civil and criminal investigations of alleged violations of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) and related laws.

These investigations by OLMS District Offices involve issues such as embezzlements of union funds, union officer elections, the filing of required reports by unions and others with OLMS, and the imposition of trusteeships over subordinate unions by a parent body. These investigations may result in legal enforcement actions.

Date	Description
August 22nd, 2012	On August 22, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Darrell Goldsby, former Secretary-Treasurer of Steelworkers Local 9-2140S (located in Pleasant Grove, Ala.), was sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay the remaining restitution in the amount of $5,569.15 and a $600 special assessment. On March 8, 2012, Goldsby pled guilty to one count of embezzlement in the amount of $10,869.15, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c), and five counts of forgery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 513(a). The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
April 9th, 2012	On April 9, 2012, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, Northern Division, Graven Townsend, former Treasurer of Steelworkers Local 9-462 (located in Prattville, Ala.), was sentenced to serve five years of probation and five months at Dismas Charities. Townsend was also ordered to pay additional restitution owed in the amount of $80,970.76 and a fine of $100. On December 21, 2011, Townsend pled guilty to a one-count information charging him with embezzlement in the amount of $98,970.76, in violation of 29 U.S.C. 501(c). The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
October 14th, 2011	On October 14, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Dennis Lee McGee, Jr., former President of Steelworkers Local 9-9506 (located in Bynum, Ala.), pled guilty to three counts of 29 U.S.C. 501(c) for embezzling union funds totaling $1,950. McGee was then sentenced to three years probation and was ordered to pay $7,600 in restitution and a $300 special assessment. The guilty plea and sentencing follow an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
September 29th, 2011	On September 29, 2011, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Harry Dane Small, Jr., former Treasurer of Steelworkers Local 9-9506 (located in Bynum, Ala.), pled guilty to three counts of 29 U.S.C. 501(c) for embezzling union funds totaling $13,100. Small was then sentenced to three years probation including one year home detention. He was also ordered to pay $25,420 in restitution and a $300 special assessment. The guilty plea and sentencing follow an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
August 11th, 2011	On August 11, 2011, in the State of Florida, Circuit Court of Nassau County, Dakota Wilson, former Financial Secretary-Treasurer of Steelworkers Local 9-802 (located in Yulee, Fla.), pled guilty to grand theft and was adjudicated guilty. She was sentenced to five years probation and was ordered to pay $20,157.98 in restitution, $498 in fines, and a teen court service surcharge. On June 7, 2011, Wilson was charged with grand theft of $19,472.53 in union funds and was formally arrested on June 8, 2011. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Miami Resident Office.
September 1st, 2009	On September 1, 2009, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tarris D. Dallas, former Financial Secretary-Treasurer of Steelworkers Local 9-415 (located in Fernandina Beach, Fla.), was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $104,713.45 and pay a special court fee of $100. Also, Dallas was prohibited from incurring any additional credit card debts, ordered to perform 200 hours of community service, submit to random drug testing and obtain mental health treatment. On March 25, 2009, Dallas pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds in the same amount. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Miami Resident Investigator Office.
July 7th, 2007	On July 7, 2007, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Larry Haislip, former Financial Secretary of Steelworkers Local 09-7509-S, was sentenced to six months probation, ordered to pay a special assessment of $100.00, and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $49,428.78. On January 23, 2007, Haislip pled guilty to one count of embezzlement of labor organization funds in the amount of $1,702.97. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
June 12th, 2006	On June 12, 2006, in the Tuscaloosa County Prosecutorial District of Alabama, Peter Bush, former bookkeeper for Steelworkers Local 09-1071L, pled guilty to six counts of forgery, six counts of possession of a forged instrument, and one count of theft of property. Bush was sentenced to three years supervised probation and ordered to pay $2,061 in restitution to the local and a $50 fine. The sentencing follows an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
March 23rd, 2005	On March 23, 2005, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, Otis Johnson, Jr., former financial secretary of Local 9-9361-S, United Steelworkers, was sentenced to five years supervised probation and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $9,638.59. He pled guilty to embezzlement on December 15, 2004, following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
October 7th, 2004	On October 7, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, Rita Cloud, former financial secretary of Steelworkers Local 09-13314-S was sentenced to two years probation; she must serve the first six months of her sentence in home detention. In addition, Cloud was ordered to pay a $2,000 fine and to perform 100 hours of community service. She previously made restitution. On June 28, 2004, she pled guilty to one count of embezzling $16,988 of union funds following an investigation by the OLMS New Orleans District Office.
September 3rd, 2004	On September 3, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Richard Krystofiak, former financial secretary of Steelworkers Local 9-1071-L, was sentenced to 12 months of supervised probation and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $8,644.46 for embezzlement and making false entries. On May 18, 2004, Krystofiak pled guilty to the charges following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
March 16th, 2004	On March 16, 2004, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, Robert Hart, former president of Steelworkers Local 9-447, was sentenced to two years supervised probation. He made full restitution in the amount of $18,257. Hart had previously pled guilty to filing a false labor organization annual financial report on December 5, 2003, at which time an embezzlement charge was dismissed. The sentence follows an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.
April 15th, 2002	On April 15, 2002, in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Michelle Arington, former bookkeeper of Steelworkers Local 9-194-L, was sentenced to five years probation and was ordered to make restitution of $5,707. As a special condition of probation, she must disclose her conviction to any employer for whom she is handling funds. She had earlier pled guilty to one count of embezzling union funds and one count of making false entries in required union records following an investigation by the OLMS Nashville District Office.