A Simms couple was sentenced to five years of federal probation Tuesday for using U.S. Postal Service gas credit cards instead of paying for their personal fuel purchases.

Over a 10-month period, Paul and Millie Gregory used Voyager credit cards issued to them by the Postal Service to rack up $47,393.23 worth of charges on their employer’s gas cards. That averages out to more than $4,500 monthly in gas purchases.

Millie Gregory had worked for the Postal Service for 17 years before being indicted. Paul Gregory was a contractor who serviced a rural route for the post offi...