Peter Maisel Jr., an officer of a labor union in Pueblo has been charged with embezzling $10,124 from the union between May and August, The Pueblo Chieftain reports.
Maisel was secretary-treasurer of Local Lodge No. 1517 of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes. He’s charged in U.S. District Court in a 142-count indictment, which alleges Maisel embezzled by preparing and negotiating 141 checks, ranging in amounts from $30 to $125, drawn on the lodge’s bank account. One count alleges he embezzled a $692 check from the national union that was money due to the local lodge.
It is believed Maisel, 53, is no longer an officer of the lodge. Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas O’Rourke is prosecuting the case.

LAW WEEK COLORADO
Statewide courts reporter Ali McNally rounds up today’s news from Colorado courts.

A Boulder woman filed the first lawsuit against Boulder Community Hospital and a former surgical nurse, claiming the nurse swapped saline solution for painkiller medication during an operation.

Boulder County District Court Judge Gwyneth Whalen denied a sex offender a new public defender because she didn’t find their communication breakdown to be serious enough for warrant a new attorney.

The court-appointed attorney is Matthew Connell.

A former Greeley man will be sentenced tomorrow morning in Weld County District Court on two counts of burglary, two counts of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated motor vehicle theft and vehicular eluding.

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals sent back “nude therapy” case to district court, where Linda Kaufman’s sentence was doubled.

Police testified in John Sandoval’s preliminary hearing today.

Rape victim asks Colorado Supreme Court to review her case after District Attorney Carol Chambers declined to file charges on her behalf.

A developmentally disabled man could go back to prison for rape after he was convicted of the crime a second time on Friday.