No Pension For Ex-Paterson Mayor Martin Barnes
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- Officials have told a former New Jersey mayor who pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion and mail fraud charges that he's not entitled to his pension.
Former Paterson Mayor Martin Barnes would have received about $1,200 a month.
Treasury Department spokesman Bill Quinn told The Record newspaper Barnes told a state review board on Wednesday that he had done good for Paterson during his career.
The city's first black mayor was released in 2006 after serving a 32-month sentence in federal prison.
Barnes pleaded guilty in 2002 to charges stemming from an indictment that accused Barnes of accepting $200,000 in gifts from contractors who did business with the city. Prosecutors said the gifts included expensive clothes, a swimming pool and overseas trips.
Barnes could appeal the pension ruling.
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