Former postal worker gets five years probation for taking disabled veterans medications

Former postal worker gets five years probation


by LAREIGN WARD, Press Argus-Courier Staff
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:06 PM CDT



A former Van Buren postal employee received a sentence of five years probation Monday in Fort Smith after pleading guilty to stealing packages containing controlled substances that were intended for local disabled veterans.

Carla Jo Wolfe, 36, was arrested in July 2008 for the thefts of about 34 mail parcels, including some containing hydrocodone and methadone tablets mailed by the Veterans Administration to disabled Van Buren veterans. She admitted to theft in an interview with a Postal Service Office of Inspector General agent, and also allowed agents to search her car, leading to the discovery of 1,380 hydrocodone tablets.

Wolfe was terminated from her position at the post office shortly after her arrest.
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