>> A former postal worker was sentenced Tuesday for wire fraud, embezzlement and identity theft amounting to $276,000 over seven years. >> The News Tribune reports U.S. District Judge Richard A. Jones sentenced Iliganoa Theresa Lauofo, 40, to two years, three months in prison after she pleaded guilty. She’ll also must pay $276,639 in restitution. >> “There are large families across this country who have no source of income and mouths to feed,” Jones said. “You had no right to go out and lie and cheat and steal your way.… You told a persistent and protracted series of lies.”