What to Know
- The former mayor of Paterson, New Jersey has been released from prison
- Joey Torres was released after serving a little more than a year after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit official misconduct
- Torres was a five-term city councilman who was elected mayor in 2002. He lost the mayor's race in 2010 but was re-elected in 2014
The former mayor of Paterson, New Jersey has been released from prison.
Jose "Joey" Torres was released Wednesday morning after serving a little more than a year after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit official misconduct, the Record reports.
Torres and three public works officials were charged with scheming to have city employees work overtime at a warehouse leased by the mayor's family. The co-defendants pleaded guilty and would have testified against him.
Video recordings of the employees shot by a private investigator hired by a developer were instrumental in Torres' conviction.
Torres, a Democrat, was a five-term city councilman who was elected mayor in 2002 over an incumbent who went to prison after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in a corruption case sparked by an I-Team investigation in 2016.
Torres lost the mayor's race in 2010 but was re-elected in 2014.
