Luzerne County Court Administrator William T. Sharkey Sr., the highest-paid nonjudicial employee in the county court system, has agreed to plead guilty to pocketing more than $70,000 seized in illegal gambling cases over 10 years.
Mr. Sharkey is the third high-ranking court official snared in a wide-ranging, ongoing federal probe of the county court system. Former President Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and his predecessor, Michael T. Cona-han, are expected to plead guilty to accepting $2.6 million in kickbacks in connection with a detention center that housed county juveniles. They’ve agreed to serve 87 months in prison.
Mr. Sharkey, 57, faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on one count of embezzlement.
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Mr. Sharkey is the third high-ranking court official snared in a wide-ranging, ongoing federal probe of the county court system. Former President Judge Mark A. Ciavarella Jr. and his predecessor, Michael T. Cona-han, are expected to plead guilty to accepting $2.6 million in kickbacks in connection with a detention center that housed county juveniles. They’ve agreed to serve 87 months in prison.
Mr. Sharkey, 57, faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine on one count of embezzlement.
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Good -- step one is pleading guilty.
ReplyDeleteSet two should be to throw the book at him.