Terrance Weldon, former Ocean Twp Mayor and Asbury Park City Manager Died Today
Terrance D. Weldon, 1948-2017
Terrance Weldon, the former Ocean Township Mayor and Asbury Park city manager who was a central figure in the Operation Bid Rig scandal, died today at Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, according to an entry on the website of the Buckley Funeral Home. Weldon was 68 years old.
On October 10, 2002, Weldon pleaded guilty to federal charges of accepting $60,000 in bribes from three developers between 1998 and 2001. He remained out of prison until January of 2008 while he cooperated with U.S. Attorney Chris Christie’s Operation Bid Rig into public corruption in Monmouth County. His cooperation led to the convictions of Howard Schoor, the principle of the Schoor DePalma engineering firm, and three other guilty pleas.
U.S. District Judge William H. Walls rejected pleas for leniency by both the U.S Attorney’s Office and Weldon’s attorney when sentencing Weldon to 58 months in federal prison and a $20,000 fine on August 27, 2007. New Jersey officials stripped Weldon of his $20,000 per year public pension in February of 2008.
Posted: March 23rd, 2017 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Monmouth County News | Tags: Asbury Park, Chris Christie, Monmouth County News, Ocean Township, Operation Bid Rig, Terrance D. Weldon, Terry Weldon | 19 Comments »