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Correction: Postal worker theft story
[September 26, 2009] SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) -- In a Sept. 22 story about a postal worker pleading guilty to stealing Netflix DVDs, The Associated Press misstated the number of DVDs stolen. Myles Weathers pleaded guilty to stealing more than 3,000 DVDs, not 30,000.
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A corrected version of the story follows: SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - A former postal service employee has pleaded guilty to stealing more than 3,000 DVDs that moved through a western Massachusetts post office. Myles Weathers, formerly of Springfield, took DVDs that were mailed by Netflix to customers for a year beginning in January 2007. Federal prosecutors say the movie rental company alerted Springfield post office officials that a suspiciously high number of DVDs were disappearing. As many as 100 movies a week were disappearing. Weathers was arrested in February 2008 after investigators filmed him taking DVDs from packages and slipping them into his backpack. He faces 10 months to 16 months in prison and restitution costs of about $38,000 at his Dec. 23 sentencing. Weathers' attorney did not immediately return a call seeking comment Tuesday. --- Information from: The Springfield Republican, http://www.masslive.com/news/ Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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