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    Old Bridge NJ BOE member’s wife pleads guilty to theft by deception

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    The wife of an Old Bridge school board member is set to be sentenced in February after pleading guilty to theft of more than $50,000 from a PTA and community youth sports program.

    Dana Marchetta, 43, his wife Leonardo Marchetta, Old Bridge Board of Education memberpleaded guilty Oct. 30 in Middlesex County Superior Court to third-degree theft by deception.

    She is scheduled for sentencing on Feb. 7 before Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Joseph Paone.

    Charges against Leonardo Marchetta are pending, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office

    The potential penalty for a third-degree felony is up to five years in prison. However, if the defendant has no criminal record, there is a presumption of probation instead of jail time.

    A conviction can be expunged from a person’s record after five years.

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    The couple was charged in April by local police in connection with the theft of $41,067.90 from the Grissom School PTA and its vendors and $12,417.16 from the Rebels Football and Cheer program.

    Dana Marchetta, police said, was involved with the Grissom and Salk PTA organizations and the Rebels program and allegedly abused her positions in the organizations for her own financial benefit.

    Dana Marchetta has been charged with seven counts of forgery, four counts of passing improper checks, three counts of theft by deception, two counts of theft, theft by failure to comply with required provisions of funds, forgery by altering documents, fraud in public records, falsification of records. , money laundering and conspiracy, police said.

    Police also alleged that some of the stolen funds were then deposited into her husband’s personal accounts.

    Her husband was charged with seven counts of passing a bad check, two counts of theft, theft by deception and conspiracy.

    Leonardo Marchetta, whose term on the Board of Education ends at the end of this year, did not seek re-election.

    Marchetta serves as chair of the school board’s Athletics and Extracurricular Committee.

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    Susan Loyer covers Middlesex County and more for MyCentralJersey.com. To get unlimited access to her work, please subscribe or activate your digital account today.

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