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Monday, December 10, 2012

Man Named in Ritacco Conspiracy to Spend More Than Three Years in Prison

Former Toms River schools supervisor sentenced Monday in Trenton

Toms River's former supervisor of athletics and special projects was sentenced Monday to over 3 years in prison in connection with a scheme to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to the former schools superintendent. Frank D’Alonzo, 55, of Lavallette received the 37 month prison sentence in federal court in Trenton, before U.S. District Court Judge Joel A. Pisano, for his association with the kickback schemes involving former Superintendent Michael Ritacco. Pisano also was sentenced D'Alonzo to three years of supervised release once his prison term is completed, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. A restitution and forfeiture hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Dec. 12 before Pisano. D'Alonzo pleaded guilt to one count of …

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foggyworld

8:41 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013

My understanding of Alternate Route teachers is that they do have Bachelors Degrees but not in Education but in specific college level content majors such as Science or Biology or Chemistry or English or History. They usually are better educated than ed majors and just take teaching classes for 2 years to make up for their big "deficiency" of not taking ed courses as undergraduates. And many of …   more ›

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Man Named in Ritacco Conspiracy To Be Sentenced Monday

Frank D’Alonzo was among several who pleaded guilty

Toms River's former supervisor of athletics and special projects will be sentenced Monday morning in connection with a scheme to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to the former schools superintendent. Frank D’Alonzo, 55, of Lavallette will be sentenced in federal court in Trenton, before U.S. District Court Judge Joel A. Pisano, for his association with the kickback schemes involving former Superintendent Michael Ritacco. D'Alonzo pleaded guilty in 2010 to one count each of bribery and three counts each of tax evasion. His guilty plea also came days before Ritacco was indicted in fall 2010. Ritacco pleaded guity April 5 to two of the 27 charges he was facing, and admitted his role in years of corruption at the school district…

Tim O C

2:55 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012

The TR Boe needs to have an audit and not by the good ole boys either The Feds need to look into the law firm oh wait they were on Go Chriscos transition team including Mike   more ›

Monday, April 2, 2012

Former Toms River Schools Insurance Broker Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Admits Payments to Ritacco

Francis X. Gartland admits to mail fraud, conspiracy to defraud the IRS, and perjury.

Francis X. Gartland admitted in federal court today that while he served as the insurance broker for Toms River Regional Schools he funneled bribes through a series of intermediaries to then-superintendent Michael J. Ritacco. The payments were in excess of $1 million total from 2002-2010, announced the U.S. Attorney's office. Gartland, 70, had plead not guilty previously and was awaiting trial, scheduled to begin in a week alongside Ritacco, in a 27-count federal indictment that alleged bribery, kickbacks, fraud and tax evasion. The district's former insurance broker pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Joel A. Pisano in Trenton federal court to charges of mail fraud, conspiracy to defraud the IRS, and perjury. U.S. Attorney …

knarfie

6:40 pm on Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Gee, it's funny, Gartland doesn't look guilty in the picture.   more ›

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