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Lucas admits more mistakes

Andrew Lucas, center, then the Republican mayor of Manalapan, with then Freeholder John D'Amico and Amy Mallet, both Democrats, in September of 2010, seven months after Lucas purchased Burke Farm.

Andrew Lucas, center, then the Republican mayor of Manalapan, with then Freeholder John D’Amico and Amy Mallet, both Democrats, in September of 2010, seven months after Lucas purchased Burke Farm.

Former Manalapan Mayor Andrew Lucas is not disputing the facts that the federal government is presenting against him before a jury in Trenton.

Rather, Lucas is claiming the he made mistakes and lacked the training and expertise to accurately prepare the documents he submitted to obtain his financing for the purchase of the 97 acre Burke Farm in Manalapan, according to the Asbury Park Press’s coverage of his trial.

Lucas is defending against 11 felony charges including wire fraud, loan application fraud, illegal monetary transaction, false statements to the IRS,  aggravated identity theft, obstruction of a grand jury investigation and falsification of records in a federal investigation.

If convicted on all 11 counts against him, Lucas, 37, could be sentenced to more than 60 years in federal prison.

Closing arguments are expected to be made today.

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Posted: September 17th, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Andrew Lucas, Crime, Crime and Punishment, New Jersey, News | Tags: , , , , , , , | 6 Comments »

6 Comments on “Lucas admits more mistakes”

  1. MLaffey said at 6:42 am on September 17th, 2014:

    Prosecutors are throwing the book at Lucas for an alleged crime that has no victims.( No one suffered any monetary loss) based on information that came to light during a politically motivated investigation of baseless allegations. Does anyone find that disturbing?

  2. Bob English said at 10:19 am on September 17th, 2014:

    Art…any idea if a plea deal was offered or asked for? Since it sounds like Lucas is admitting to the charges that might have been a better route to go rather than going to trial.

  3. Art Gallagher said at 10:28 am on September 17th, 2014:

    Bob,

    I’ve been told that Andrew rejected a plea offer

  4. Jim Granelli said at 1:41 pm on September 17th, 2014:

    I wonder if admitting to mistakes is a method of building a case for leniency.

    That said, since the issue was already political, I wonder also if “lacking the training and expertise to accurately prepare the documents” should have evoked better judgement to get somebody better equipped to prepare the documents.

  5. More than that, said at 7:45 pm on September 17th, 2014:

    wasn’t he supposed to be some kind of financial advisor? -pretty scary to have been one of his clients? From the first time he burst on the scene wanting to run for freeholder, he appeared to be rather full of himself, acting entitled to everyone’s support: he never got mine. Guess the Princeton education may not have been well- geared to his vocation. Maybe it’s time for a more thorough vetting of potential candidates. Plenty of egos around, always thinking it’s their turn, but today, I thank God he lost, when he did run with Little!

  6. Bob English said at 10:05 am on September 18th, 2014:

    Would be interesting to know what kind of plea deal was offered. Going to trial and basically admitting to the charges (at least some of them) is a major roll of the dice since as Art mentioned, if found guilty, he is looking at major prison time.