Ex-Newark Watershed Manager Pleads Guilty in Corruption Case
- Donald Bernard admits taking $956,948 from contractors
- Four have been charged in U.S. probe of bankrupt entity
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A former manager for a nonprofit that oversaw Newark, New Jersey’s water supply pleaded guilty to corruption charges as U.S. prosecutors investigate the bankrupt entity’s activities while Cory Booker was mayor.
Donald Bernard Sr., 68, a consultant and manager of special projects at the Newark Watershed Conservation and Development Corp. admitted in federal court that he took $956,948 in kickbacks for himself and his boss in exchange for helping award work to contractors. Giacomo “Jack” DeRosa, 59, also pleaded guilty in Newark to laundering part of $85,000 he gave to Bernard from funds he received for roofing work at NWCDC.