Anthony crecco trial

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Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. Ad Choices. Taylor said in statement released in conjunction with Dow. Crecco pleaded guilty on Oct. He is permanently barred from public employment in New Jersey under the plea agreement. Crecco agreed to pay restitution to the Florham Park-Fairfield Elks Lodge for funds that he and co-defendant Konstantin Belenky, 43, also of East Hanover, misappropriated from the Elks Lodge to pay personal gambling debts.

Both men were members of the lodge, and Belenky was treasurer at the time. Ironson in Morris County. Belenky pleaded guilty on June 24, to a charge of theft by unlawful taking, admitting that he conspired with Crecco to steal from the Elks. Belenky has since repaid that balance. Crecco clearly violated his duty and the law by mixing personal and public business in a way that undermined the integrity of his official decisions.

It is particularly troubling that as a tax commissioner, he pleaded guilty to a criminal charge of failure to pay sales tax. In pleading guilty to official misconduct, Crecco admitted that he improperly voted to award a contract to software vendor Vital Communications, despite personal connections to the company and its chief executive officer. The county freeholders approved the bid. As a member of the evaluation committee, Crecco had a duty to recuse himself from that request for proposals because he was in the process of negotiating with Vital's CEO to buy a Mercedes from him.

Crecco was a friend of the CEO and had previously golfed with him and attended his wedding in Las Vegas. Crecco, who was president of the Tax Board at the time, admitted that he violated his duty by participating in the recommendation. He voted for Vital, giving its bid a perfect score. In pleading guilty to failure to pay sales tax, Crecco admitted that he deliberately failed to pay the full sales tax due on his purchase of a car from Vital's CEO.

Temaining counts in the indictment against Crecco were dismissed. Crecco served on the Tax Board until May He was not reappointed to the board following his indictment. Hoar, Detective Sgt. Geoffrey P.