BANGOR (AP) — A former U.S. Postal Service employee has been sentenced to three months in prison for taking powerful painkillers out of packages that were intended for veterans.
Federal authorities say 39- year-old Christopher McBride of Bangor used the stolen hydrocodone and shared it with a co-worker. He pleaded guilty in September to theft of mail by a U.S. postal employee.
As part of the sentence handed down Tuesday in federal court, McBride will be on supervised release for two years after his release from prison.
His co- worker was sentenced to two weeks in jail after pleading guilty to a federal misdemeanor charge of obstruction of the mail.
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