Fontoura Sworn In For Eighth Term
Sheriff took oath Wednesday morning at Veterans Courthouse for record-setting term.
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Essex County officials and dignitaries as well as family members were on hand Wednesday morning as Sheriff Armando Fontoura was sworn in for a record-setting eighth term. Pictured from left are West Caldwell Police Chief Michael Bramhall, who is also President of the Essex County Chiefs of Police Association, acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray, Fontoura, Daniel Fontoura, Assignment Judge Patricia Costello, Chief of Prosecutor’s Detectives Anthony Ambrose and Newark Police Chief Sheila Coley.
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Essex County Sheriff Armando Fontoura was sworn in for a record-setting eighth term Wednesday morning at the Veterans Courthouse.
Fontoura, 69, has served as the Essex County Sheriff since 1990, but he has been involved in the county’s police force long before that.
Fontoura began as Newark police officer in 1967, and eventually rose through the ranks to become a captain and then chief assistant to the police director. In 1986, he became an Essex County Undersheriff, where he served until he was appointed sheriff in 1990.
He won re-election in November after defeating challenger Orlando Mendez, garnering about 91 percent of the votes cast.
Lenny Testa
2:10 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2012
Mr. Fontoura, Best of luck and continued success.
Rudolph Krystal
2:10 pm on Thursday, December 27, 2012
What a guy !
Fontoura is the dean of double-dipping sheriffs, cashing $1.14 million in pension checks, while drawing a salary during the past 22 years.
“Does it look bad? Yes. No question about it, it looks bad. Was it legal? Yes,” Fontoura told NBC 4 New York. “I didn’t do anything illegal,” said Fontoura, who “retired” at age 47 but never left the payroll of the Essex sheriff’s office.
Yearly Total $200,221 = Salary $137,917 + Pension $62,304
Should make everyone feel ill for the Holidays.
ODLAW
12:41 pm on Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Dont blame the sheriff, blame the people who keep relelecting the sheriff. Apparently he must be that good that they keep reelecting him.