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April 30, 2010

Holly Bunch pleaded guilty to opening mail not addressed to her.

By Mike Fletcher Tribune staff writer The Kokomo Tribune Fri Apr 30, 2010, 11:25 PM EDT

Kokomo — A former Miami County postal worker will spend the next two years on federal probation after pleading guilty to unlawfully opening mail containing prescription drugs.

As part of her probation, Holly Bunch, 25, Greentown, must complete a drug treatment program and complete 800 hours of community service.

A mail carrier in Miami County in 2009, Bunch pleaded guilty in January to unlawful delay of mail by a postal employee.

On at least three different occasions in July, Bunch admitted to opening mail that she believed contained Hydrocodone, a prescription pain killer, that was entrusted to her to deliver, according to the U.S. District Court in South Bend.

Bunch was arrested on a six-count indictment in October. The U.S. Attorney’s Office charged her with one count of unlawful delay of mail by a postal worker and five counts of embezzlement of mail by a postal employee.

“I took out the Hydrocodone for personal use and did not deliver it to the intended recipient,” Bunch said in her petition to plead guilty in U.S. District Court, Northern Division in South Bend.

Bunch, along with her attorney, Robert D. Truitt, pleaded guilty to count one in January in federal court.

The government agreed to dismiss the other five charges.

The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Service and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Jesse Barrett.

• Mike Fletcher is the Kokomo Tribune crime reporter. He can be reached at (765) 454-8565 or mike.fletcher@kokomotribune.com.

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