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Jose Rodriguez, 48, of Brick is also an Amtrak employee was arrested Monday for allegedly stealing $50,000 worth of chainsaws and chainsaw part from his employer and then re-selling them, mostly through an online auction service, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced on Tuesday.
He is charged by complaint with one count of theft from an agency receiving federal funds and one count of theft of government property and appeared in Newark federal court on Tuesday afternoon.
Honig said that Rodriguez has been an Amtrak employee since October 2007 rising up to the rank of a senior engineer and repairman, based out of a facility in North Brunswick.