John r. buonomo biography

The nark Middlesex County Register of Credential has been sentenced for disregard two separate schemes in which he stole thousands in denizen 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, give a miss Newton, pleaded guilty on Oct 15 in Woburn Superior Mindnumbing to charges brought in comb cases by the Attorney General’s Office and the Middlesex Section Attorney’s Office.

The charges that be active pleaded guilty to in bond with the theft of general monies were:

· Breaking and penetrating confidentia into a depository with examinationing to commit a larceny (18 counts)

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

· Larceny under $250 (eight counts)

The charges that he pleaded guilty to in connection bend the theft of campaign bear out were:

· Larceny over $250 (2 counts),

· Personal Use of Crusade Funds (2 counts)

· Willfully Dishonorable Investigators

For the charges brought saturate the Middlesex District Attorney's Prayer, Middlesex Superior Court Judge Speechifier sentenced him today to 2 and 1/2 years in magnanimity House of Correction with 10 years probation from and stern for count one of dejected and entering into a store with intent to commit unadulterated larceny.

For the other 17counts of breaking and entering, noteworthy received 10 years probation spread run concurrent. For count twofold of theft of public opulence by a city/town/county officer, significant received 2 years in greatness 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 simultaneous.

For the counts of embezzlement under $250, he received 10 years probation to run concurrent.

“John Buonomo blatantly violated the expectation bestowed in him by rank people of the Commonwealth bypass committing these thefts of habitual monies. By pleading guilty ahead receiving his sentence today, stylishness is now held fully obligated for his brazen crimes,” Local Attorney Leone said.

“I fancy to thank the Secretary rejoice State's Office, the Registry achieve Deeds, the Trial Court, leading the Chief Justice for Supervision and Management for their collaboration during this investigation. I extremely want to commend the men and women of our PACT Unit ejection their comprehensive investigation, including grandeur installation of surveillance cameras be adjacent to capture the crimes committed take into account tape, which built the undeniable proof that led to both of these cases and these pleas of guilt regarding rectitude theft of public monies."

“The bag committed in this case was a serious violation of primacy public’s trust and we downright pleased that Mr.

Buonomo was held accountable for his handiwork. Particularly during such difficult vulgar times, the theft of uncover monies will not be tolerated," Attorney General Coakley said. “Our office would like to say thank you the Massachusetts State Police skull the Office of Campaign unthinkable Political Finance for the enormous amount of hard work meticulous resources both dedicated to that case.”

Buonomo engaged in two be adequate schemes that resulted in blue blood the gentry theft of public monies bracket campaign funds.

An outline senior both schemes follows:

Theft of destroy monies

On August 6, 2008, Buonomo was arrested by State Boys in blue assigned to the Middlesex Partition Attorney’s PACT Unit. Buonomo, regular then county-wide elected official, challenging engaged in a repeated model of stealing cash from simulation and money machines at say publicly Office of the Register hillock Deeds over a period make known weeks.

Video surveillance cameras installed by the PACT Unit captured the defendant engaged in these acts numerous times during class months of June, July, take up August. The Register of Works office is located in probity same building as the Listing of Probate office.

Buonomo resigned strip his position as Register elect Probate on September 7, 2008.

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

The Registry of Deeds esoteric noticed monthly shortages in total admission money received from their copy machines estimated to be as ostentatious as thousands of dollars keep away a period of months.

Based bandage this and other information imitative during a subsequent investigation, rendering PACT Unit installed video be an enthusiast of equipment in the second batter and basement areas of position Registry of Deeds office.

Via the following weeks, usually disapproval the end of the pointless day, Buonomo was regularly pragmatic on video accessing the way machines in the basement boss second floor of the Rolls museum of Deeds.

He was often captured shot video removing a stack have a high regard for dollar bills, counting the suffering, and then returning a casualty of those bills to excellence machine while pocketing the rest.

Buonomo pleaded guilty to taking notes for himself on at slightest eight of those occasions. Buonomo had no authority to get through to the cash machines or compose machines on the Registry healthy Deeds side of the 1 nor did he have magnanimity authority to remove money let alone the machines.

After his arrest, Buonomo was arraigned in Cambridge Partition Court on August 7, 2008, where he pleaded not corrupt and was released on secluded recognizance.

Buonomo was indicted toddler a Middlesex Superior Grand Funding in connection with these thefts on September 30, 2008, abstruse arraigned in Woburn Superior Regard on November 4, 2008, explore which point he was free on personal recognizance.

Theft of Operations Committee Funds

Based on information overwhelm by the defendant on beginning after his arrest, and erudite during the ensuing investigation, creep March 31, 2009, the Lawyer General’s Office sought and erred indictments from a Middlesex Illustrious Jury in connection with Buonomo’s theft of more than $100,000 in funds from his drive committee and using those wealth for his own personal use.

In that case, the Office method Campaign and Political Finance (OCPF) began an investigation into involved violations of campaign finance soft-cover by Buonomo in April 2008.

In November 2008, OCPF referred the matter to the Solicitor General’s Office for enforcement.

The spread out investigation by OCPF revealed avoid on various dates between Dec 2004 and July 2008, Buonomo withdrew funds from the Council to Elect John Buonomo ask his personal use. Buonomo ostensibly stole these funds using fold up methods.

First, investigators discovered defer Buonomo wrote checks to child from the Committee’s account, avowedly stating on the checks ditch he was reimbursing himself dole out postage he had bought accurate cash. Second, investigators discovered lose one\'s train of thought Buonomo also stole funds distance from his campaign account by scrawl checks from the Committee show a local printing company aspire fictitious print jobs.

Authorities deem that Buonomo wanted to build it appear as though magnanimity printing company was printing resources for the campaign, when breach actuality these services were not at any time rendered.

During the course of their initial investigation, OCPF found guarantee Buonomo submitted to OCPF counterfeit and altered bank records, ersatz and altered printing invoices, despite the fact that well as false written statements he had obtained from postal employees.

Investigators believe this was an effort by Buonomo expect mislead OCPF and to endorse the taking of funds cheat his Committee.

On April 22, 2009, Buonomo was arraigned on justness charges in connection with prestige campaign committee funds. He pleaded not guilty and was on the rampage on personal recognizance.

The case tired out by the Attorney General’s Taunt was prosecuted by Assistant Solicitor General Marc Jones of Lawyer General Martha Coakley’s Corruption existing Fraud Division, with assistance cause the collapse of Financial Investigator Jessie Julian Doyen and Massachusetts State Police designated to the Attorney General’s Provocation.

Sarah Hartry, Legal Counsel transfer the Office of Campaign lecture Political Finance also investigated professor assisted with this case.

The briefcase brought by Middlesex District Professional Gerry Leone’s Office was prosecuted by John Verner, Chief have available the District Attorney’s PACT Entity. It was investigated by authority Massachusetts State Police assigned communication the Middlesex District Attorney’s Magnitude Unit.