John A. Lynch, Jr.
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John A. Lynch Jr. is a former American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who served in the New Jersey Senate from 1981 to 2001 and was Senate President from 1990 to 1992. He was also the 61st mayor of New Brunswick, from 1979 to 1991. He attended the College of the Holy Cross and Georgetown University Law Center.
On September 15, 2006, Lynch pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court on one count of mail fraud and one count of tax evasion for failing to report $150,000 in income received from a real estate transaction in 1999.[1]
On December 19, 2006, he was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler to three years and three months in prison, which he must begin serving by January 15, 2007. Lynch must also pay a $50,000 fine. [2]
He had faced up to five years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on each count of the indictment. However, based on Federal Sentencing Guidelines, a sentence of between 33 to 41 months in prison and a fine of between $7,500 to $75,000 was expected. As of December 14, 2006, the court received 172 letters from citizens seeking leniency.[3]
