The following is a press release from the U.S. Dept. of Justice, U.S. Attorneys Offices:

November 16, 2006

Susan W. Brooks, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, announced that Gregory R. Taylor. Jr. 30, Jeffersonville, Indiana, was charged today with postal embezzlement, following an investigation by the U.S. Inspection Service and the Postal Service Office of the Inspector General.

The information alleges that from June to December 2005 Taylor was employed by the United Stated Postal Service as a Self Service Postal Center Technician at the Jeffersonville, Indiana post office. During that time period Taylor embezzled approximately $25,000, the information charges, by converting to his own use money that came under his control during his employment by the Postal Service.

According to Assistant United States Attorney Christina McKee, who is prosecuting the case for the government, Taylor faces a maximum possible prison sentence of 10 years and a maximum possible fine of $250,000. An initial  hearing will be scheduled before a U.S. Magistrate Judge in New Albany.

The information is an allegation only, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty at trial or by guilty plea.