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It's Over - Former Smithtown Superintendent of Highway Jorgensen Gets Community Service
Friday, December 11, 2015 at 1:52PM Former Smithtown Superintendent of Highway Glenn Jorgensen was sentenced in NYS Supreme Court by Justice Cohen this morning.
Jorgensen learned his fate as the judge accepted an agreement reached in October in which he plead guilty to a felony. Jorgensen will be required to serve 560 hours of community service and 3 years of probation for falsifying documents regarding a paving project in 2014.
Jorgensen directed a town employee to alter road construction reports to conceal his approval of paving town streets in weather generally considered too cold and unacceptable for paving. The reports were submitted to the town.
Jorgensen resigned in October before pleading guilty to the felony and to a misdemeanor charge of official misconduct.
Deputy Highway Superintendent Robert Murphy has been running the department and will continue to do so until there is an appointment by the Town Board or until an election is held in November of 2016. The election will determine who will fill the remaining term of Smithtown Superintendent of Highway until the end of the term Dec. 31, 2017.
The Highway budget is $25 million and is a significant part of the Town’s $104 million budget.
Reader Comments (1)
Who walked the Jadeco invoices through
for early payment before the funds were even allocated by the Town Board?