Former Newark Mayor Admits Tax Evasion
From Times Wire Reports
Former Newark Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson admitted avoiding about $78,000 in income tax under a plea bargain that let him avoid a retrial on accusations of business fraud.
Seventeen other charges were dismissed, and Gibson was immediately sentenced to three years’ probation on the single remaining felony charge.
Gibson, 70, a licensed engineer, was accused of cheating the Irvington school district while managing a school construction project five years after leaving office. He was mayor of Newark from 1970 until 1986.
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