{"id":7635,"date":"2022-03-18T15:27:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T19:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=7635"},"modified":"2022-03-18T15:28:11","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T19:28:11","slug":"ocean-gate-mayor-arrested-charged-with-stealing-parking-meter-revenue-office-furniture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2022\/03\/ocean-gate-mayor-arrested-charged-with-stealing-parking-meter-revenue-office-furniture\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Gate Mayor Arrested, Charged With Stealing Parking Meter Revenue, Office Furniture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7637\" style=\"width: 772px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-3.24.02-PM.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"Ocean Gate Mayor Paul Kennedy. (Photo: OCPO)\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"Ocean Gate Mayor Paul Kennedy. (Photo: OCPO)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7637\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7637\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-3.24.02-PM.png\" alt=\"Ocean Gate Mayor Paul Kennedy. (Photo: OCPO)\" width=\"762\" height=\"1014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-3.24.02-PM.png 762w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-3.24.02-PM-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7637\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ocean Gate Mayor Paul Kennedy. (Photo: OCPO)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The mayor of Ocean Gate borough was hit Friday with corruption charges after prosecutors say he kept public parking meter revenue for himself, pocketed the proceeds of the disposal of surplus items on a government auction website as well as sold the town\u2019s furniture through Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Kennedy, 66, of Ocean Gate,is accused of official misconduct and theft. He turned himself in to the Ocean County Sheriff\u2019s Office where he was processed and released on a summons.<\/p>\n<p>The charges, the Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office said in a statement, are the result of an \u201cextensive investigation\u201d conducted by its Professional Standards\/Corruption Unit and Economic Crime Squad. The investigation revealed that Kennedy, in his capacity as mayor, \u201cfailed to turn over proceeds from the sale of borough assets \u201d sold by way of the government auction website GovDeals.com, and instead took possession of those proceeds for his own personal benefit.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation, the statement said, further revealed that Kennedy failed to deposit borough parking meter funds in the borough\u2019s bank account, and that he sold borough office furniture through a private Facebook Marketplace account, \u201cattempting to keep the proceeds for his personal benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy will be required to appear in court to face the charges at a later date.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2022\/03\/ocean-gate-mayor-arrested-charged-with-stealing-parking-meter-revenue-office-furniture\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mayor of Ocean Gate borough was hit Friday with corruption charges after prosecutors say he kept public parking meter revenue for himself, pocketed the proceeds of the disposal of surplus items on a government auction website as well as sold the town\u2019s furniture through Facebook. 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