{Logan, West Virginia}...Freda Hensley, 67, of Logan, who served as president of Steelworkers Local Union 14505 from April 2004 through June 2010, was sentenced Thursday to five years probation by United States District Judge Thomas E. Johnston for embezzlement of union assets. Hensley pleaded guilty to a single-count information in August, admitting that, from August 21, 2008 through May 21, 2010, she wrote and cashed 52 pre-signed blank checks when she did not have the proper authorization to do so. Hensley admitted that 50 of the pre-signed blank checks were made payable to herself and the additional two were made out to her mother. The total amount of the checks was $38,539.68. Judge Johnston ordered that the first six months of Hensley's sentence be served on home confinement. She must also pay restitution in the amount of $36,489.68.
