APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — One of the suspects in a multi-county mail theft and financial fraud scheme was sentenced Thursday to another three years in prison.
Derrell Edwards, 32, pleaded no contest to four counts of theft of movable property. Eight other counts were dismissed.
He was also placed on extended supervision for four years by Outagamie County Judge Whitney Healy.
Before the sentence was issued, Edwards apologized to the victims.
Edwards was previously sentenced to two years in prison in Brown County.
Co-defendant Dionta Bratcher was sentenced to 18 months in prison in Winnebago County, two years in prison from Brown County, and six months in jail in Manitowoc County.
Edwards and Bratcher stole more than $600,000 from area businesses by stealing mail, then manipulating the checks and banking information to steal from those accounts.
