Toms River's former supervisor of athletics and special projects was sentenced Monday to over 3 years in prison in connection with a scheme to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to the former schools superintendent.
Frank D’Alonzo, 55, of Lavallette received the 37 month prison sentence in federal court in Trenton, before U.S. District Court Judge Joel A. Pisano, for his association with the kickback schemes involving former Superintendent Michael Ritacco.
Pisano also was sentenced D'Alonzo to three years of supervised release once his prison term is completed, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. A restitution and forfeiture hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Dec. 12 before Pisano.
D'Alonzo pleaded guilt to one count of bribery and one count of tax evasion, "admitting that he participated in a scheme in which he received corrupt payments from Francis X. Gartland, 71," a Baltimore insurance broker who covered the Toms River school district, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
D'Alonzo took "hundreds of thousands of dollars in corrupt payments from Gartland and others" and passed on a portion to Ritacco, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
For the 2005 tax year, D'Alonzo admitted that he concealed the "illegal proceeds" he received in the bribery scheme and evaded the assessment of hundreds of thousands of dollars of federal income tax, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
D'Alonzo pleaded guilty in 2010 to one count each of bribery and three counts each of tax evasion. His guilty plea also came days before Ritacco was indicted in fall 2010.
Ritacco pleaded guilty April 5 to two of the 27 charges he was facing, and admitted his role in years of corruption at the school district, where as much as $2.5 million in bribes were allegedly passed between Ritacco, insurance brokers and intermediaries.
He also pleaded guilty to mail fraud and conspiracy to impede the IRS, according to sentencing guidelines. He was sentenced in September to more than 11 years in prison.
http://www.alec.org/publications/report-card-on-american-education/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/11/state-education-rankings-_n_894528.html http://www.edweek.org/ew/qc/2012/16src.h31.html (click on K-12 Achievement for test scores) http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/07/1157971/-State-Educational-Ranking-vs-Electoral-College-map http://www.parentsunited.org/press-releases/report-card-on-american-education-ranking-state-k-12-performance-progress-and-reform-january-26-2012-5/
looks to me fed up knew exactly what astro glide is used for my gues would be he uses it ewwwwwwwwwwwwww
http://www.app.com/article/20121212/NJNEWS/312120135/Feds-Ritacco-owes-school-district-4M-restitution
Some 10-15 years ago.... TR North used to be ranked between 125-150 in the state out of 300 or so HS. The hiring practices of Ritacco continue under Roselli and crew. But it's not just a hiring and teacher issue.... it is an admin issue also... its a BOE issue. Roselli should never had been named Super. He was assistant super of the HS for some 7+ years.... during that period the HS's declined in rank from the 50-60 percentile to the 20-35 percentile. He should have been fired with those results... not promoted!!! Now, more pressure is on students at TR schools to score high on the SAT to counter the low ranked HS they come from... regardless of your class rank, etc.
His professional career is clouded as well. Look him up and see his history as an assistant coach at Pitt and Rutgers. So after he fails at the college level he winds up back here in New Jersey at Toms River and what does he do? He steals from the taxpayers. He's no criminal mastermind, but just a lacky bag man for Ritocco. Then he rats them all out to cut a deal. Jail is not enough punishment for this scumbag. They have to take his money, house(s) and most of all his pension. Congratulations Frank, you finally achieved the fame you always craved.
There is a bigger problem in that people who are unable to pass the national teacher's exams which I hear are not all that hard, are hired and given tenure but limited somewhat sadly only to teaching the underachievers. Most of that sort of hiring implies somebody knows somebody because no one should be hired in this job market especially that cannot pass that teachers' test.