Gordo Postal Worker Get Detention and 12 Months Probation

GORDO, Ala. (WCBI)-A former Gordo postal worker will serve six months home detention and 12 months probation for stealing packages in the mail.

31 year-old Jared Johnson of Carrollton confessed to stealing medication for veterans and gift cards intended for local residents to pay off a loan shark.

Johnson pleaded guilty to one count delay and destruction of mail matter and two counts of mail theft or embezzlement by a U.S. Postal employee on November 27, 2012.