On July 13, Gregory Normand, former secretary-treasurer of International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local 324, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington to one count of embezzling over $248,000 in funds from the Marysville (near Everett) union and two counts of making false statements in union financial records to conceal the thefts. He had been indicted last October on one count of embezzling about $443,000. The actions follow a probe by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards.