On December 11, Bobby Earl Williams, former president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1635, pleaded guilty in Dallas County, Texas Criminal District Court to check forgery from the Dallas-based union. He then was sentenced to 12 months deferred probation, and ordered to pay $75 in restitution, a $1,000 fine, $194 in court costs and a $175 donation to a nonprofit group in lieu of community service. In September, his wife, Janice Muriel Williams, pleaded guilty to the same offense. Both actions follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
