I can see a reprimand. Perhaps a suspension. Firing him would be too drastic.
Criminal prosecution? A complete waste of my tax dollars. What do you folks think? Suspended Monmouth official indicted on charges of stealing gasoline By Bob Jordan FREEHOLD BUREAU February 13, 2008 Monmouth County's suspended emergency management coordinator has been indicted by a state grand jury on two counts of official misconduct and one count of tampering with public records -- all third-degree crimes -- for putting approximately 7.8 gallons of gas from the county motor pool into a privately owned vehicle. Harry J. Conover Jr., a county employee since approximately 1988, could face 3 to 5 years of jail time if convicted on any of the counts, though probationary terms are common for first-time offenders. Conover has been suspended by the county without pay since shortly after being charged by Monmouth County authorities in March 2007. County Prosecutor Luis A. Valentin said at the time that on March 13, 2007, Conover went to the county Central Motor Pool on Center Street in Freehold Township with the privately owned vehicle of another county employee. Conover obtained approximately 7.8 gallons of gasoline for the vehicle and completed a gasoline inventory form on which he falsely represented that the gasoline had been placed in his own assigned county vehicle, according to Valentin. The matter was presented to the state grand jury Jan. 24 by Matthew Murphy, acting as a deputy state Attorney General. Murphy is a Somerset County assistant prosecutor. The proceedings were taken outside Monmouth County because Conover is under Valentin in Monmouth's table of command. Conover's attorney is Alton D. Kenney. The indictment notice, filed Jan. 31, said the privately owned vehicle was a 2002 Chevrolet Malibu and that the gasoline "had a value of less than $200.'' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/