Ex-Middlesex County official: I'm sorry for stealing

amazing how sorry people are .....after they get caught. I never heard anyone say they were sorry beforehand.

Well you cant be sorry for something beforehand...if you havent done it yet, you cant be sorry. Hello?

cluey carsmashyin wrote:

amazing how sorry people are .....after they get caught. I never heard anyone say they were sorry beforehand.

I agree....always sorry when arrested....and always sorry before the sentencing.

One phrase for John: Soap on a rope.

Would he have said sorry if he hadn't been caught? I kind of doubt it.
Watching the video footage of him in the act he really has the look of a small time greaser hood, who knows how much stealing he has done over the years,it's good that he finally got bagged, too bad more of these crooks in public office wouldn't get caught, eh?

One word to describe him: weasel.

Lots of weasels in the world. Those that get caught and those that are in denial after caught and are still allowed to keep their jobs after they pay fines. "I am not guilty."

ive known this guy since he was 25 years old. i really dont want to kick a guy while he's down so i'll be nice...he is and always was a lowlife, backstabbing, twofaced,theiving, cowardly dirt bag who thougt of john first, john second and come to think of it john always.that's the best i can say about him

thenoseknows wrote:

ive known this guy since he was 25 years old. i really dont want to kick a guy while he's down so i'll be nice...he is and always was a lowlife, backstabbing, twofaced,theiving, cowardly dirt bag who thougt of john first, john second and come to think of it john always.that's the best i can say about him

it's a good thing you didn't want to kick him when he's already down...

justme wrote:

Well you cant be sorry for something beforehand...if you havent done it yet, you cant be sorry. Hello?

Hello? I didnt say before they did it, I said BEFORE THEY GOT CAUGHT.

Hang him like they did in the old days..

I hope this guy is ready to drop the soap. I wish he could get the death penalty. Violations of the public trust are the worst type of offenses. People who hold postions like this should be held to the highest standards.

Buonomo appeals loss of pension
Somerville denies payout
By Travis Andersen, Globe Correspondent | November 12, 2009

Somerville has rescinded the $3,200-a-month pension of John Buonomo, a former Middlesex Register of Probate who awaits sentencing on charges he stole cash from state copy machines and his own campaign fund.

Buonomo, 57, who previously served on the Somerville School Committee and Board of Aldermen, is appealing the Somerville Retirement Board’s decision.

The Somerville board voted three weeks ago to rescind Buonomo’s pension, which amounts to $3,228.07 per month.

The board must hear his appeal by Nov. 28. A hearing date has not been set.

The board’s vote came shortly after Buonomo pleaded guilty to stealing about $130,000 from his campaign fund and from copy machines located in the Office of the Register of Deeds in Cambridge.

Buonomo served as register of probate for Middlesex County from 2000 until September of last year, stepping down one month after his arrest.

Nicholas Poser, Buonomo’s attorney in the pension matter, says the board has overreached.

“The bottom line is that as much trouble as John Buonomo has gotten himself into, it has nothing to do with the pension he’s being paid by the city of Somerville,’’ Poser said.

He added that while Buonomo is not drawing a pension for his service as register, he began receiving his city pension in January 2000, about 11 months before he was elected to state office.

In a statement, the board cited a section of state law that bars officials from receiving pensions upon conviction of stealing public funds “applicable to his office or position.’’

Not only do the charges relate to an office outside the city’s jurisdiction, Poser said, but Buonomo technically pleaded guilty to stealing from a private vendor - which owns the copy machines and gives a large portion of the money back to the state - and his campaign fund, meaning that no public funds were directly stolen.

“When the smoke clears and the [city] Retirement Board takes a careful look at the whole thing, I think they’ll find that they should do nothing else but continue to pay his pension,’’ Poser said, noting that Buonomo devotes the entire check each month to child support payments.

Buonomo is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday in Middlesex County Superior Court in Woburn.

His attorney in that case, Michael Natola, said prosecutors are seeking a sentence of up to six years.

At least a dozen Buonomo supporters have written letters to Judge Bruce Henry to plead for leniency, according to Natola.

“There is no [plea] deal at all,’’ he said.“It is entirely in the hands of the judge.’’
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