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NASSAU COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY

BRICK SCHOOLS CHIEF, DAUGHTER

INDICTED
WALTER
USZENSKI

Brad Reiter, 50, of Jackson faces a first-degree

grand larceny charge. If convicted, he could
face up to 25 years in prison.

Man charged
in $1.6M
theft from
EMS squad

superintendent

Jackson fire district chairman stole

from Long Island volunteers, cops say

of schools
Charges include:

STEPH SOLIS @STEPHMSOLIS

MIKE DAVIS @BYMIKEDAVIS

Official

JACKSON A fire district chairman was arrested on

Tuesday and charged with stealing $1.6 million from a
Long Island volunteer EMS squad, prompting a review
of the districts finances.
Jackson resident Brad Reiter was arrested and arraigned on a charge of first-degree grand larceny after
allegedly taking money from the volunteer BellmoreMerrick EMS squad over a seven-year period, using the
money for personal expenses, insurance bills, credit
card payments and lawn services, according to the Nassau County District Attorneys Office in New York.
He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
Reiter, 50, has served on the board of fire commissioners for Jackson Fire District No. 3 since February
2014. He was named the boards chairman earlier this
year.
In the wake of Reiters arrest, the districts bookkeeper and auditor will conduct a financial analysis of
its financial records, said Joseph D. Youssouf, the fire
districts attorney.
This is an unfolding tragedy for him, personally,
said Youssouf. Its to make sure its not an unfolding

misconduct
Theft
by deception

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FILE PHOTO

Brick Schools
Superintendent Walter
Uszenski.

See EMS, Page 6A

Three others also accused in plot

to illegally obtain school services
ANDREW FORD @ANDREWFORDNEWS
AND AMANDA OGLESBY @OGLESBYAPP

Brick Schools Superintendent Walter Uszenski, his daughter and two former school district officials have been
indicted by a grand jury on charges
they schemed to give the schools
chiefs grandson taxpayer-funded services the child wasnt legally entitled
to, officials said Tuesday.
Authorities say the four improperly
arranged to get Uszenskis preschoolaged grandson full-time day care and
transportation by falsely claiming the
services were necessary, according to
a release from the Ocean County Prosecutors Office. The ill-gotten services
cost taxpayers more than $50,000, according to prosecutors.
They were accused by a grand jury
of official misconduct, among a host of
other charges, according to Ocean
County Executive Assistant Prosecutor Michel Paulhus.
Those indicted and their charges include:

Uszenski, 63, of Brick. He was

charged with crimes including secondand third-degree official misconduct,
third-degree theft by deception, and
second-degree conspiracy to commit
official misconduct.
Former Brick Schools Interim Director of Public Services Andrew Morgan, 68, of Edison. He was indicted on
the same charges as Uszenski, plus
false swearing and theft by deception
for allegedly omitting a past criminal
charge on his Brick schools application.
Former Brick Schools Academic
Officer Lorraine Morgan, 58, of Edison, the wife of Andrew Morgan. She
was indicted on a charge of third-degree official misconduct. A warrant
was issued for her arrest. Her bail
would be $10,000 with no option to pay
10 percent.
Jacqueline Halsey, 37, of Brick,
the daughter of Uszenski. She was indicted on charges including second-

ALSO INDICTED
Andrew Morgan
interim director
of special services
Charges include:
Official misconduct
Theft by deception
False swearing and
theft by deception

Living in a box:
Cardboard helps
teach big lesson
JERRY CARINO @NJHOOPSHAVEN

Lorraine Morgan
former Brick schools
academic officer
Charges include:
Official misconduct
Theft by deception

Jacqueline Halsey
Uszenskis daughter
Charges include:
Official misconduct
Theft by deception

See INDICT, Page 4A

TINTON FALLS They began to emerge from their

cardboard boxes at daybreak, exhausted and cold. The
temperature had dipped into the 50s overnight, with a
wind rustling through the encampment.
Welcome to Cardboard Box City, a one-night taste
of homelessness for 140 people looking to make a difference. The annual event raised more than $14,000 for
Family Promise of Monmouth County, a Middletownbased shelter for families.
The participants, a majority of whom were teenagers, built their own shelters out of cardboard and
tape on Friday on the grounds outside of Monmouth
Church of Christ. After a soup-line dinner, some
speeches and music, they hunkered down for a long
night.
You come in with a joke mentality, Oh, were going
to make a box city with all our friends, but once it got to
2 in the morning it started getting real, said 15-year-old
See HOMELESS, Page 5A

FALL OF AFGHAN CITY POSES BIG TEST FOR U.S.-BACKED FORCES PAGE 1B

In your court
Food at the mall has
changed a lot.
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