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A woman was sentenced in federal court on Wednesday after stealing cash and hydrocodone tablets from packages while working for the U.S. Postal Service.

U.S. Attorney Trent Shores said Jennifer Louise Bruce, 44, of Jennings, received a sentence of three years of probation from Chief U.S. District Judge John E. Dowdell. Bruce was convicted of mail theft after stealing hydrocodone tablets from packages mailed by a VA Medical Center and Outpatient Clinics on several different occasions and stealing cash from cards that had been mailed through the Postal Service.

In her plea agreement, Bruce admitted to stealing money from cards and controlled substances from packages that had been mailed. She stated that during this time, she was employed by the U.S. Postal Service as a Sales and Services Associate. Over a four-month period, Bruce admitted that she stole a total of 240 hydrocodone tablets.