From the Daily News:The Queens political operative who stole $750,000 from Mayor Bloomberg is headed for the slammer.
A judge dismissed pleas for leniency and sentenced John Haggerty to one and a third to four years in state prison.
Probation was not enough, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Ronald Zweibel said. Also, Haggerty will have to return the money, the judge said.
That means he will likely have to sell the $1.6 million Forest Hills house he grew up in — and which he ripped off the mayor to buy out his brother’s share.
Haggerty's defenders insisted Bloomberg was the real villain and that he lied under oath about never having a substantive conversation with Haggerty.
They said the money Bloomberg funneled to the Independence Party in 2009 was part of a "win-at-all-costs campaign" waged by the mayor.
The NY Times has an interesting analysis.
5 comments:
Haggerty and the Mayor are co-conspirators; Haggerty's mistake was thinking was the Mayor would back him up. What a greedy fool.
He played the game and got burned. What will his brother do now?
Who would want a Haggerty on their side.
"He played the game and got burned. What will his brother do now?
Who would want a Haggerty on their side."
I hope your question is rhetorical because that sniveling little boy playing city councilman obviously has a thing for Bart. And Tom Ognibene thinks the Haggertys are his friends and allies. Other than that, I can't think of anyone sane who would associate with them.
While I think he should have gotten more time, he did rob the only person to quadruple his wealth during this recession. So I ask, how much has he stolen? Besides BloomTURD is a nasty little man and finally got a taste of what he deserves.
"So I ask, how much has he stolen? Besides BloomTURD is a nasty little man and finally got a taste of what he deserves."
How did Bloomturd get a taste of what he deserves? If only.
This whole thing reminds me of that bible story of the girl and the snake, who promises not to bite her while swimming across the reiver together, then the snake bites her anyway, and as they are both drowing, she asks the snake "why?" and the snake says, "You knew what I was when you picked me up."
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