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TRENTON
- Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal
Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced
that a former project manager for Laidlaw
Transit Services, Inc. pleaded guilty today
to deliberately falsifying records in order
to overcharge Burlington County for bus
services for the elderly and disabled.
According
to Director Taylor, Isaiah Davis, 62, of
Clementon, pleaded guilty to fourth-degree
falsifying or tampering with records before
Superior Court Judge Jeanne T. Covert in
Burlington County. The charge was contained
in a Feb. 11, 2009 state grand jury indictment
obtained by the Division of Criminal Justice
Corruption Bureau.
In
pleading guilty, Davis admitted that between
March 10, 2003 and Feb. 19, 2004, as a project
manager at Laidlaw’s Cinnaminson location,
he knowingly submitted false invoices and
false supporting documents regarding bus
services provided by the company under its
contract with the Burlington County Transportation
System to provide transportation to elderly
and disabled county residents. He overcharged
the BCTS by approximately $32,956 by billing
for bus trips that were not provided on
transportation routes to Buttonwood Hospital
and the VA Hospital in Philadelphia. Under
the contract, the BCTS paid Laidlaw a certain
rate per trip, times the actual number of
trips provided.
Under
the plea agreement, Davis must pay full
restitution of $32,956 to the County of
Burlington. The state will recommend that
he be sentenced to a term of probation.
Judge Covert scheduled sentencing for Davis
for October 1.
Deputy
Attorney General Anthony A. Picione, deputy
chief of the Division of Criminal Justice
Corruption Bureau, and Deputy Attorney General
Peter Lee took the guilty plea.
The
investigation was conducted and coordinated
for the Division of Criminal Justice Corruption
Bureau by Detective Stacy Scott, who is
lead detective, Detective Sgt. David Patella,
Detective David Nolan, Civil Investigator
Wayne Cummings, and Deputy Attorneys General
Picione, Lee, Pearl Minato and Frank Muroski.
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