MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Christy Little Coppin, age 41, of Warner, Oklahoma, was sentenced to 5 years’ probation with a special condition that she notify all current and future employers of her conviction and the probation officer can contact the employer and confirm restitution of $52,738.58 for Theft Within Special Maritime And Territorial Jurisdiction, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 661. The charges arose from an investigation by the United States Department of Labor.
The Indictment alleges that from in or about May 2015 to in or about July 2017, in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, and within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, that is the Office of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2250 in the Veterans Administration Hospital, the defendant took and carried away, with intent to steal and purloin, personal property of the Office of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2250, with a value exceeding $1,000.00.
The Honorable Ronald A. White, U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Muskogee, presided over the hearing. Assistant United States Attorney Sarah McAmis represented the United States.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
