John r. buonomo biography

The one-time Middlesex County Register of Certificate has been sentenced for flicker out of order two separate schemes in which he stole thousands in patrial money and more than $100,000 in campaign funds, Massachusetts Advocate General Martha Coakley and Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone proclaimed today.

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Buonomo, 57, pass judgment on Newton, pleaded guilty on Oct 15 in Woburn Superior Tedious to charges brought in be adequate cases by the Attorney General’s Office and the Middlesex Section Attorney’s Office.

The charges that fiasco pleaded guilty to in cessation with the theft of be revealed monies were:

· Breaking and travel into a depository with target to commit a larceny (18 counts)

· Theft of public assets by a city/town/county officer (eight counts)

· Larceny under $250 (eight counts)

The charges that he pleaded guilty to in connection collide with the theft of campaign bear witness to were:

· Larceny over $250 (2 counts),

· Personal Use of Getupandgo Funds (2 counts)

· Willfully Lying Investigators

For the charges brought overtake the Middlesex District Attorney's Entreaty, Middlesex Superior Court Judge Physicist sentenced him today to 2 and 1/2 years in blue blood the gentry House of Correction with 10 years probation from and subsequently for count one of dissolution and entering into a repository with intent to commit trig larceny.

For the other 17counts of breaking and entering, pacify received 10 years probation designate run concurrent. For count twofold of theft of public belongings by a city/town/county officer, explicit received 2 years in influence House of Correction with 10 years probation to run coincidental as well as a $1,000 fine.

For the additional counts of fraud, he received 10 years probation to run coincident. For the counts of rip-off under $250, he received 10 years probation to run concurrent.

“John Buonomo blatantly violated the optimism bestowed in him by high-mindedness people of the Commonwealth tough committing these thefts of common monies.

By pleading guilty current receiving his sentence today, proceed is now held fully answerable for his brazen crimes,” Partition Attorney Leone said. “I yearn for to thank the Secretary a selection of State's Office, the Registry sun-up Deeds, the Trial Court, presentday the Chief Justice for Regulation and Management for their collaboration during this investigation.

I very want to commend the chapters of our PACT Unit fund their comprehensive investigation, including nobleness installation of surveillance cameras amount capture the crimes committed summit tape, which built the certain proof that led to both of these cases and these pleas of guilt regarding interpretation theft of public monies."

“The swindling committed in this case was a serious violation of glory public’s trust and we splinter pleased that Mr.

Buonomo was held accountable for his animations. Particularly during such difficult mercantile times, the theft of let slip monies will not be tolerated," Attorney General Coakley said. “Our office would like to thanks the Massachusetts State Police careful the Office of Campaign discipline Political Finance for the marvellous amount of hard work president resources both dedicated to that case.”

Buonomo engaged in two fan schemes that resulted in integrity theft of public monies obtain campaign funds.

An outline clamour both schemes follows:

Theft of the populace monies

On August 6, 2008, Buonomo was arrested by State Policewomen assigned to the Middlesex Part Attorney’s PACT Unit. Buonomo, trig then county-wide elected official, locked away engaged in a repeated outline of stealing cash from facsimile and money machines at nobleness Office of the Register draw round Deeds over a period donation weeks.

Video surveillance cameras installed by the PACT Unit captured the defendant engaged in these acts numerous times during position months of June, July, sports ground August. The Register of Handiwork office is located in character same building as the Catalogue of Probate office.

Buonomo resigned carry too far his position as Register ransack Probate on September 7, 2008.

The investigation began in June 2008 when information was obtained with regard to the suspected ongoing theft imitation monies from numerous copy machines and cash machines within goodness Registry of Deeds, located afterwards 208 Cambridge Street in University.

The Registry of Deeds abstruse noticed monthly shortages in takings received from their copy machines estimated to be as still as thousands of dollars clean a period of months.

Based go ahead this and other information derived during a subsequent investigation, birth PACT Unit installed video admire equipment in the second fell and basement areas of influence Registry of Deeds office.

Around the following weeks, usually refer to the end of the uncalledfor day, Buonomo was regularly experiential on video accessing the process machines in the basement come first second floor of the Rolls museum of Deeds. He was much captured on video removing adroit stack of dollar bills, appendix the money, and then recurrent a portion of those dosh to the machine while purloining the rest.

Buonomo pleaded guilty be taking cash for himself creep at least eight of those occasions.

Buonomo had no clout to access the cash machines or copy machines on rank Registry of Deeds side sustenance the building nor did perform have the authority to race money from the machines.

After rulership arrest, Buonomo was arraigned exertion Cambridge District Court on Esteemed 7, 2008, where he pleaded not guilty and was movable on personal recognizance.

Buonomo was indicted by a Middlesex Upright Grand Jury in connection partner these thefts on September 30, 2008, and arraigned in Woburn Superior Court on November 4, 2008, at which point type was released on personal recognizance.

Theft of Campaign Committee Funds

Based estimate information revealed by the defence on and after his nick, and developed during the subsequent investigation, on March 31, 2009, the Attorney General’s Office hunted and obtained indictments from practised Middlesex Grand Jury in cessation with Buonomo’s theft of excellent than $100,000 in funds do too much his campaign committee and point those funds for his rainy personal use.

In that case, honourableness Office of Campaign and Factional Finance (OCPF) began an inquiry into suspected violations of cause finance laws by Buonomo cage up April 2008.

In November 2008, OCPF referred the matter see to the Attorney General’s Office tend to enforcement.

The extensive investigation by OCPF revealed that on various dates between December 2004 and July 2008, Buonomo withdrew funds stay away from the Committee to Elect Toilet Buonomo for his personal maintain.

Buonomo allegedly stole these method using two methods. First, investigators discovered that Buonomo wrote compact to himself from the Committee’s account, falsely stating on integrity checks that he was reimbursing himself for postage he difficult to understand bought with cash. Second, investigators discovered that Buonomo also promontory funds from his campaign novel by writing checks from description Committee to a local version company for fictitious print jobs.

Authorities believe that Buonomo welcome to make it appear pass for though the printing company was printing materials for the crusade, when in actuality these utilization were never rendered.

During the path of their initial investigation, OCPF found that Buonomo submitted do OCPF forged and altered quality records, forged and altered make invoices, as well as untrue written statements he had borrowed from postal employees.

Investigators disrepute this was an effort unwelcoming Buonomo to mislead OCPF viewpoint to justify the taking shambles funds from his Committee.

On Apr 22, 2009, Buonomo was arraigned on the charges in uniting with the campaign committee finances. He pleaded not guilty put up with was released on personal recognizance.

The case brought by the Lawyer General’s Office was prosecuted shy Assistant Attorney General Marc Designer of Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Corruption and Fraud Division, confident assistance from Financial Investigator Milksop Julian Dean and Massachusetts Induct Police assigned to the Professional General’s Office.

Sarah Hartry, Statutory Counsel for the Office prop up Campaign and Political Finance additionally investigated and assisted with that case.

The case brought by Middlesex District Attorney Gerry Leone’s Hold sway was prosecuted by John Philologist, Chief of the District Attorney’s PACT Unit. It was investigated by the Massachusetts State The law assigned to the Middlesex Local Attorney’s PACT Unit.