Former New Jersey state senator, Wayne R. Bryant, 61, of Lawnside, New Jersey, was found guilty by a federal jury this past Wednesday on one count of bribery, and 11 counts of mail fraud and wire fraud. He was originally indicted March 29, 2007 on 20 counts of bribery, mail and wire fraud. Bryant was found guilty of paying a bribe to solicit a job at the School of Osteopathic Medicine in Stratford, New Jersey. He also arranged $10.5 million in state grant money for the institution. He was also found guilty of padding his pension by "taking on public positions for which he did no meaningful work." Also found guilty was R. Michael Gallagher, 60, of Haddonfield, New Jersey, who was the former dean of the school who arranged for the phony no-show job for Bryant. Sentencing is scheduled for March 20, 2009. Each face more than 15 years in prison.Read the story here.
The Philadelphia Inquirer has a great spread on the whole sorry saga here.
Read the DOJ's announcement of Bryant's indictment here.Read the indictment here.
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