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Story by Joel Grossbarth posted in the Rockland County Times August 24, 2016
(The four Ramapo defendants facing federal charges have more to look forward to than fines, sanctions and prison time.)
A Federal Appeals Court has upheld the tactic of pension forfeiture in the fight against political corruption. [Read more…]
Defense motions are due by Sept. 12, with the prosecution scheduled to respond by Sept. 25.
A federal judge on Thursday set a Jan. 9 trial date in the corruption case against Ramapo Supervisor Christopher St. Lawrence and former town lawyer Aaron Troodler.
Prosecutors estimated they would need to call more than 30 witnesses and the trial could take four to five weeks to complete. Attorneys for St. Lawrence and Troodler didn’t comment on those estimates. [Read more…]
The current Ramapo Supervisor, the Executive Director of his Ramapo Local Development Corp. (RLDC), and a current Ramapo Town Board member will appear before judges in Westchester and Airmont today. St. Lawrence and Aaron Troodler, both out on $500,000 bail, are facing 44 counts each, consisting of 22 federal criminal charges and 22 SEC civil charges. The Board Member, Shmuel Tress will appear in Airmont village court. Tress was charged with a first-degree felony for offering a false instrument and a misdemeanor of official misconduct related to his votes on zoning matters when he was on the Ramapo Zoning Board of Appeals. The Rockland District Attorney charged Tress on information presented to the office by Preserve Ramapo. [Read more…]
The indicted Ramapo Supervisor, Christopher St. Lawrence, will be in the United States District Court in White Plains this afternoon to appear before Judge Cathy Seibel.
St. Lawrence and Aaron Troodler, the executive director of St. Lawrence’s Ramapo Local Development Corporation (RLDC), are each charged with 8 counts of securities fraud, each of which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; 13 counts of wire fraud, each of which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; and one count of conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison. [Read more…]