| TRENTON
— Attorney General Stuart Rabner and
Criminal Justice Director Gregory A. Paw
announced that a Vineland man was sentenced
today to state prison after he was convicted
of using a fraudulent check to obtain two
luxury automobiles.
According
to Director Paw, Robert Bradley III, 22,
of Vineland, was ordered by Superior Court
Judge Albert J. Garofolo in Atlantic County
to serve three years in state prison. The
sentence followed an October 2005 jury trial
in which Bradley was found guilty of second-degree
theft.
Bradley’s
also of Vineland, a former
Gloucester County probation officer, was
sentenced on Feb. 4 by Judge Garofolo to
12 years in state prison. During the same
trial in October 2005,
was convicted of multiple counts of second-degree
theft by deception, third-degree uttering
a forged instrument, third-degree theft
of services, and fourth-degree unsworn falsification
to authorities.
The
jury in the three-week trial found that
on Oct. 22, 2002,
and Robert Bradley III purchased two 2003
Lincoln Navigators from Seaview Lincoln
Mercury in Egg Harbor Township using a fraudulent
$125,000 check.
In
addition, the jury found that in October
2002, purchased or
attempted to purchase other luxury automobiles
with fraudulent checks. In each case, the
check purported to be drawn on the account
of a real or fictitious law firm. A joint
investigation conducted by the Department
of Labor and the Division of Criminal Justice
determined that, in actuality, the account
number and bank listed on the fraudulent
checks corresponded to an account belonging
to the State of New Jersey, Division of
Temporary Disability Insurance.
With
respect to , the jury
determined, among other things, that on:
- Oct.
22, 2002 -
used a fraudulent $23,000
check as payment to the Veterans Affairs
Federal Credit Union to pay off an outstanding
loan;
- Oct.
19, 2002
-
purchased a 2003 Jaguar
S-Type-R from Holman Motorcars in Egg
Harbor Township using a fraudulent $67,000
check;
- Oct.
18, 2002
-
purchased a 2003 Mercedes
Benz SL55AMG from Precision Cars of Atlantic
City using a fraudulent $180,000 check;
- Oct.
17, 2002
-
purchased a 2003 Mercedes
Benz CLK 500 from Precision Cars of Atlantic
City using a fraudulent $50,000 check;
- Oct.
15, 2002
-
attempted to purchase
a 2003 Lincoln Navigator from Quality
Lincoln Mercury in Millville using a fraudulent
$25,000 check.
Deputy
Attorney General Mark C. Kurzawa of the
Division of Criminal Justice - Financial
Crimes Bureau prosecuted the case. State
Investigator Gary O’Brien of the Financial
Crimes Bureau coordinated the multi-agency
investigation. Additional investigative
support was provided by the Department of
Labor and the Atlantic, Cumberland and Gloucester
County Prosecutor Offices.
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