OH THANK YOU FRED FOR PROVING HOW WRONG YOU WERE ABOUT RITA!!!
This article is proof that Rita never committed a crime, and we have
Fred to thank for it!
In New Jersey, any offense that is a "crime" is handled in Superior
Court. Municipal Courts have no jurisdiction over crimes.
The article says clearly that Rita pled to a "diorderly persons"
offense. That's the same ticket you get if your radio is to loud.
It's not a crime.
Accordingly, Rita never committed a crime nor does she have a record.
Thank you Fred for standing up for Rita and bringing this to our
attention.
The truth has indeed set us free today.
God bless Rita!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Fred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I asked I pleaded I begged everyobody to let it die.
> Who needs the Library when there's the internet.
>
> 4/21/94HD: Ex-city official guilty in food stamp scam
>
> BY: NANCY SHIELDS Press Coastal Monmouth Bureau
>
>
>
> ASBURY PARK
A former city housing commissioner and her
business
> partner pleaded guilty
> yesterday in Municipal Court to one count each of converting food
> stamps into cash at the Kingsley Deli and Food Store they operate
on
> the beachfront.
>
> The U.S. Department of Agriculture last November filed
complaints
> against Rita Marano and
> her partner, George R. Ganges, charging each with five counts of
> converting food stamps into
> cash on several occasions last year at their store at 1109
Kingsley
> St.
>
> Under a plea agreement, the five counts each faced were merged
> into one count each, a
> disorderly persons offense.
>
> Ronald J. Troppoli, the special prosecutor in the case, said
the
> federal government was
> seeking a $650 reimbursement from Marano and $575 from Ganges.
>
> Municipal Court Judge Evan W. Broadbelt, who heard the case in
> Asbury Park yesterday, said
> the partners must make those payments to the government. He also
> fined them $500 each.
>
> Marano pleaded guilty to engaging in a transaction on July 20,
> 1993, to convert food stamp
> coupons worth $300 to $150 in cash, contrary to federal and state
> regulations. She had been
> charged with converting coupons in similar amounts on Aug. 24,
Sept.
> 8, and Sept. 25, 1993,
> and for converting food stamps worth $200 to $100 in cash on Sept.
> 22, 1993.
>
> Ganges had been charged with making similar conversion
> transactions in various amounts on
> five occasions last year. Yesterday, he pleaded guilty under the
> agreement to one count of
> converting $200 in coupons to $100 in cash.
>
> Broadbelt said he was satisfied that Marano and Ganges did not
> have prior offenses in the
> food stamp program, but reminded them that they hold a position of
> public trust between the
> government and the patrons.
>
> Charles J. Uliano of West Long Branch, who represented Marano
and
> Ganges in the case, said
> in court that mistakes were made by the store owners and that they
> were aware of regulations
> that they are not supposed to convert stamps to cash.
>
> Uliano described their actions as a ""violation of the spirit
more
> than anything else,''
> saying they thought they ""were accommodating their patrons.''
>
> However, he said they realized their mistake and were pleading
> guilty. Both initially
> pleaded innocent. Neither Marano nor Gorges said they wanted to
> comment during the proceeding.
> Federal agriculture officials have said that any administrative
> action that may be taken
> against the business owners in connection with the charges would
come
> after the case was heard
> in court.
>
> The hearing comes at a time when Marano is being rumored as a
> possible reappointment to the
> housing authority. She served as a commissioner for five years
until
> she resigned in July 1991
> following a public battle with the authority executive director
and
> chairman over how the authority was being run.
>
> Her resignation came as the authority sought her removal on
> charges of inefficiency,
> neglect of duty and misconduct in office.
>
> Asked about the reports of an appointment, Mayor Patricia
Candiano
> said last night the City
> Council, which is seeking the removal of all seven commissioners,
may
> fill a seat held by Commissioner Helen Pride whose term expires
this
> month. But it ""definitely will not be Rita
> Marano who is appointed to that seat.''
>
> Marano last night said ""no one has said one word to be about
that
> (an appointment),'' but
> indicated that she may be reappointed at a later date.
>
> ""I think everyone expects me to be reappointed and maybe at
some
> point I will,'' she said.
>
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