
JANUARY 8, 2016, 5:39 PM LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 2016, 5:42 PM
BY STEVE JANOSKI
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
Former Waldwick police officer John Robert Marion was sentenced Friday to 364 days in county jail for fraudulently collecting $321,000 in disability pension payments from the State of New Jersey while working full-time as an officer in Georgia, acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said Friday.
Marion, 44, was immediately taken into custody to begin serving the jail term in Mercer County, which is a condition of the four years’ probation also imposed on him by state Superior Court Judge Peter E. Warshaw in Mercer County.
Marion, a Valdosta, Ga., resident, pleaded guilty on Nov. 12 to a charge of third-degree theft by deception, Hoffman said. He must pay full restitution of $321,008, and is permanently barred from public employment in New Jersey. Marion turned over a $100,000 check to the court to count towards that restitution