Posted on 08/08/2002 8:59:25 AM PDT by Printers Angel
A judge has ordered a Columbus woman caught with stolen mail to send letters of apology to her Pickerington-area victims.
Lancaster Municipal Judge Chris Martin instructed Lisa Sena-Winkler, 23, to apologize in writing to Violet Township residents whose outgoing mail was stolen from their mailboxes on July 16.
Sena-Winkler entered a guilty plea yesterday to one count of receiving stolen property. She was credited for 23 days served in jail; the remainder of a 180-day sentence was suspended.
She also was placed on probation for two years and fined $130.
Sena-Winkler originally was charged with 13 counts of receiving stolen property after a Fairfield County deputy sheriff detained her and another woman and discovered a bag filled with stolen mail in their vehicle.
Melissa Maraugha, 26, of Columbus, faces a pretrial hearing next month.
She pleaded not guilty to 13 counts related to the theft of mail from residences in the Woodsfield and Summerfield subdivisions in Violet Township.
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