03-15-03: Ex-Coldwater postal official faces charge

03-15-03: Ex-Coldwater postal official faces charge

By SEAN RICE
The Daily Standard

    Former Coldwater Post Office Postmaster Bruce Taylor has been charged with criminal misappropriation of funds by the U.S. Department of Justice.
    Taylor, 49, of Coldwater, was relieved from his duties on Oct. 8 by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, pending an investigation.
    Inspector Tom Macioch, of the Cleveland field office for the inspection service, confirmed that Taylor had been placed on leave, but would reveal no other details of the investigation at the time.
    The charge carries a maximum penalty of a $250,000 fine, 10 years imprisonment, or both, states a release from the U.S. Attorney Northern District, out of Toledo.
    The Daily Standard could not get information on the amount of funds allegedly illegally misappropriated because the notification of the charges filed was received from Assistant U.S. Attorney David O. Bauer late Friday.
    The postal inspection service handles all types of investigations involving illegal activity involving the post office or mail services, internal and external, a spokes person for the agency said. Those investigations include theft, fraud and sending drugs through the mail. The inspection service investigated the mailbox pipe bomber early last year and the anthrax scare, as well.

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