A Monmouth County Grand Jury has handed up three separate indictments with a total of 22 counts against a suspend Monmouth County Sheriff's Officer accused of bilking the elderly aunt of his ex-wife and others using fraudulently obtained credit cards.
Christopher Donadio, 44, of Middletown faces three separate counts of second-degree official misconduct for each of the indictments, and two counts of second degree hindering of his own apprehension. Also included in the three indictments is a lone count of second degree misapplication of entrusted funds, and various charges of credit-card theft, identity theft, forgery, fraudulent use of credit cards, and other charges.
Donadio faces a 10-year prison sentence, with a minimum five years without parole eligibility, if convicted of official misconduct and the other second-degree crimes contained in the indictment. He faces an exposure of more than 120 years behind bars if he is convicted on each of the charges contained in the three indictments.
Donadio has maintained his innocence. He remains free on $75,000 bail.
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Grand Jury Indicts Monmouth County Sheriff's Officer
What a shame for this family.
ReplyDelete10 years pretty well fits the crime, I think. And resitution.
There was a lot more to this case. Donadio moved this elderly lady out of disgusting conditions and into a clean safe environment. Donadio's wife was also having a "friendship" with the detective that was investigating the case. In addition if you think 10 years in jail punishes somebody- you should only know what negative impact just one person serving time does for society. Donadio served less than 3 months. Stop judging people unless you know the entire story
DeleteWere we ever able to trust the ones in a position of trust? More and more each day the elderly are abused by those who are to be protecting them.
ReplyDeleteThe case against Christopher Donadio was accelerated by a relationship between the lead detective and his former wife Maura E. Johnson. Mr Donadio moved the elderly lady in question out of deplorable conditions and into a safe clean environment. There is always more to the story
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