On December 2, Cory Carroll, former secretary-treasurer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), Regional and Shortline General Committee of Adjustment, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota to five years probation for theft from the Albert Lea-based union. He also was ordered to pay $35,362.41 in restitution and a $100 assessment, while refraining from gambling and the use of various controlled substances. The sentencing follows an investigation by the Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.
