A former New Jersey mayor will spend seven years in prison for stealing over $75,000 in various local political campaign funds, state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Tuesday.
Former mayor of Middlesex Borough sentenced to seven years in prison for stealing more than $75,000 from local campaign funds
Ronald DiMura, the former Democratic mayor of Middlesex Borough.
Former Democratic Middlesex Borough Mayor Ronald DiMura was sentenced to prison Tuesday for stealing more than $75,000 from various local political campaign funds.
DiMura, 64, whose term as mayor ended in December of 2019, was sentenced to seven years in state prison by Superior Court Judge Benjamin Bucca in Middlesex County. He pleaded guilty on Aug. 13 to a charge of second-degree theft by deception and will begin serving his prison sentence within 60 days. He will be permanently barred from public office and employment in New Jersey, must pay restitution in the amount of $83,372 and must forfeit $163,582, which is the remainder of the funds he stole.
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