County Employee Admits Shredding Documents In Fare Theft Investigation

A Howell Township man who worked as a dispatcher for Monmouth County is expected to be sentenced to probation after he pled guilty recently to shredding documents during a theft investigation, according to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.

Mickey Major, 54, of Howell, pleaded guilty to a fourth-degree charge of obstruction of justice after admitting he shredded fare envelopes reflecting the amounts collected by bus drivers for the county’s Special Citizens Assisted Transportation (SCAT) buses, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said.

He shredded the envelopes at the same time that detectives from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office were investigating the alleged theft. Major worked as a dispatcher at the Center Street location of the Monmouth County Division of Transportation, where he dispatched SCAT buses, but was also tasked with reconciling fare reports with the actual fare amounts collected and reported by the drivers, the prosecutor said.

On Sept. 16, 2014, detectives arrived at the Center Street location and discovered Major shredded the envelopes and fled from the office in his vehicle, the prosecutor’s office said.

As part of his plea agreement, Major is expected to receive a sentence of non-custodial probation. Major has also agreed to permanently forfeit his public employment, the prosecutor’s office said.

He is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 11, the prosecutor’s office said.