Ex-official stole from copy machines
December 10, 2009 by Sam NarisiPosted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
Pilfering change from pay-per-copy machines has a government-official sent to the slammer.
John Buonomo, former register of probate in Middlesex, Massachusetts, was recently sentenced to 30 months in jail for stealing campaign funds — and change collected by public copiers.
He was convicted of larceny, personal use of campaign funds, willfully misleading investigators, breaking and entering, and theft of public property. He was also ordered to pay restitution for the campaign money, but the amount taken from the copiers is unknown, UPI reports.
Buonomo made over $110,000 a year in his position, so we’re guessing he wasn’t in dire need of the quarters he pocketed. Maybe he just needed change for the laundromat?
