All For $20,000: New Brunswick Meter Reader Who Took Bribes To Cut Bills Gets 5 Years In Prison
A former New Brunswick Water Department meter reader who took payoffs to help reduce customers’ water bills by as much as 90% was sentenced Friday to five years in state prison.
Guillermo Quinones, 51, of Somerset joins two former co-workers who also got five-year state prison terms: Joseph DeBonis, a 58-year-old former senior account clerk from Toms River, and William Ortiz, 59, of North Brunswick, a former meter reader.
Their scheme “cost the city hundreds of thousands of dollars,” said Thomas Eicher, director of the state Office of Public Integrity and Accountability.
Ten residents accu…
ATV Operator, 31, Killed In Central Jersey Crash
A 31-year-old man was killed when he fell off an all-terrain vehicle in North Brunswick over the weekend, authorities said.
Police officers responding to a 9-1-1 call found Charlie Madera lying on Corporate Road with severe injuries around 10 p.m. Saturday, North Brunswick police said.
Madera, of North Brunswick, was pronounced dead at the scene despite attempts by emergency workers to save his life, police said.
Madera's ATV landed in nearby brush, they said.
North Brunswick police continue to investigate the cause of the crash, they said.
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