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A former administrative assistant for the state Juvenile Justice Commission pleaded guilty Friday to official misconduct for submitting false time sheets in order to collect more than $10,000 in overtime pay for hours she did not work, Attorney General Paula T. Dow said.
Cindy K. Franks, 50, of Morrisville, Pa., pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree official misconduct before state Superior Court Judge Robert C. Billmeier in Trenton.
Under the plea agreement, the state will recommend that Franks be sentenced to state prison for a term of no more than five years. She must pay restitution to the Juvenile Justice Commission of $10,313 and may face an additional fine of up to double that amount. She will be permanently barred from public employment in New Jersey.
Franks admitted that between September 2005 and April 2007, she submitted time sheets that contained false information about overtime hours that she worked on a special project that was assigned to her at the commission. She admitted that she falsely reported working various periods of overtime, and obtained payment for that time of $10,313.Billmeier scheduled sentencing for May 6.
Deputy Attorney General Thomas R. Clark is prosecuting the case. It was investigated by Sgt. David Salzmann and Lt. Stanley Beet Jr. of the Division of Criminal Justice.
– TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
