On May 17, Robert Carr, former financial secretary and business manager for United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 228, was sentenced in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California to 30 months in prison for embezzling union funds. That same day, his wife, Theresa Ann Carr, was sentenced to three months in prison for her role in the thefts. The couple also was ordered to pay a combined $120,000 in restitution. The Carrs had pleaded guilty this February after being initially charged in April 2009 with theft of more than $45,000 and then charged in a superseding indictment in August 2011. The actions follow a joint investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards and Office of Inspector General, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.