Updated: Dec 31, 2020 9:02 AM
Jennings Woman Sentenced for Mail Theft
Garrett Giles A woman was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday after stealing cash and hydrocodone tablets from packages while working for the U.S. Postal Service. U.S. Attorney Trent Shores said Jennifer Louise Bruce, 44, of Jennings, received a sentence of three years of probation from Chief U.S. District Judge John E. Dowdell. Bruce was convicted of mail theft after stealing hydrocodone tablets from packages mailed by a VA Medical Center and Outpatient Clinics on several different occasions and stealing cash from cards that had been mailed through the Postal Service.