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Former D.C. teachers' union treasurer going to prison

Sentences have been handed down:

The former treasurer of the Washington Teachers’ Union is headed to prison for ten years for his role in looting millions of dollars from union funds.

James Baxter was found guilty last year along with former union office manager Gwendolyn Hemphill. They were both convicted of conspiracy, fraud, embezzlement and money laundering.

Hemphill is serving an eleven-year sentence, and former union president Barbara Bullock, who pleaded guilty, is serving a nine-year term in prison.

Hopefully this has run its course in D.C. 

(In an entirely unrelated note, I’ve never seen such a snazzy union website intro as this.  WTU members, watch your dues at work!)