Middlesex County Utilities authority employee charged with thefts

Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey has announced that a Freehold woman has been charged with stealing $57,000 from the Middlesex County Utilities Authority while she worked there as comptroller/treasurer.

Margaret Brennan, 68, was charged with theft by deception, failing to pay state taxes and filing false state income tax returns.

Bail was set on September 19, 2014 in New Brunswick by Superior Court Judge Bradley Ferencz after Brennan surrendered on the charges. He allowed the defendant to remain free, but gave her until today to post $10,000 cash bail.

Brennan, who had worked for the utilities authority in Sayreville for 28 years, was charged after an investigation conducted by Detective Linda Infusino of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office determined the defendant took the funds in various amounts between November 20, 2012 and June 15, 2014.

The investigation further showed Brennan took the money by withdrawing sums from a utilities authority account and by writing checks to herself.

The investigation began after a bank contacted officials at the utilities authority.

Brennan resigned from her job on July 1, 2014.