Friday, December 21, 2012
Ritacco, the former Toms River superintendent, and Francis X. Gartland, the district's former insurance broker, have been ordered to pay $4,336,987.91
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- Tom Davis
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Friday, December 21, 2012
Several former officials have been ordered to pay back millions to Toms River schools for their involvement in a bribes scandal that brought down the district's superintendent. Michael J. Ritacco, the former superintendent for the Toms River Regional School District, and Francis X. Gartland, the district's former insurance broker, have been ordered to pay $4,336,987.91 in restitution to the school district, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced Thursday. Frank D’Alonzo, the former supervisor of Athletics and Special Projects for the School District, was ordered to pay $1,625,952.79 in restitution. Ritacco, 64, of Seaside Heights, Gartland, 71, of Baltimore, and D’Alonzo, 55, of Lavallette, all previously pleaded guilty before U.S. …
Monday, December 10, 2012
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 …
Sunday, December 9, 2012
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…
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Francis X. Gartland admits to mail fraud, conspiracy to defraud the IRS, and perjury.
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- Tom Davis
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
Francis X. Gartland, the former insurance broker for the Toms River Regional School District, is scheduled to be sentenced this morning for his role in a scheme to pay bribes and other benefits to then-superintendent Michael J. Ritacco. Gartland, who is scheduled to appear in federal court in Trenton, has admitted that while he served as the insurance broker for Toms River Regional Schools, he funneled bribes through a series of intermediaries. The payments were in excess of $1 million total from 2002-2010, announced the U.S. Attorney's office. Gartland, 71, pleaded guilty last spring 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 Paul J…
Bowie Thelonius
5:57 pm on Tuesday, December 25, 2012
I'm not saying there's corruption, but since it's also in Ocean County, can the feds look into OCC? Just to be sure it's all on the up and up :) more ›