SECAUCUS — The sentencing of former Secaucus tax collector Alan Bartolozzi, who allegedly took more than $777,000 in tax payments between February 2008 and May 2009, has been postponed to July 6. According to a news reports, Bartolozzi was scheduled to appear before Judge Kevin Callahan in Superior Court in Jersey City Wednesday but his sentencing was postponed because one of the attorneys is sick.
Bartolozzi has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $75,000 in tax payments under a second-degree theft charge. Bartolozzi is also accused of stealing nearly $25,000 from the Secaucus Public Employees Association and has admitted to stealing more than $500. Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor Leo Hernandez has said the state will recommend a five-year sentence for the union theft and a 10-year sentence for the Secaucus theft, to be served consecutively.