Homeland Security worker allegedly stole from 1,300 immigration detainees

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Homeland Security worker allegedly stole from 1,300 immigration detainees at Michigan jail

(AP) - DETROIT-A former U.S. Homeland Security employee who faces sentencing this month on embezzlement charges stole money, jewelry and at least $308,000 (€261,700) in cash from immigration detainees at a jail in Michigan, officials say.

Patrick Wynne, 33, of Milan, Michigan, was charged last year and accused of carrying out thefts over four years at the Monroe County jail while he worked for the Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement section and its predecessor, the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

The Homeland Security Department plans to spend $158,000 (€134,250) to ship property back to the more than 1,300 immigrants from whom Wynne stole, The Detroit News said.

Stolen property included jewelry, clothing, suitcases, family photos and religious items. The $308,000 (€261,700) was taken from 489 detainees. Two FBI investigators spent months to determine what was taken.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/12-01-2005/4dde000a00cb4ee0.html

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1. don't you sleep better knowing these clowns are protecting us???