On September 28, Kathryn Connelly, former president of National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 707, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan to one count of embezzlement of funds from the Sault Ste. Marie-based union in the amount of $10,323. She had been charged on August 31 following a joint investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards and the U.S. Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General.