JERSEY CITY — Acting Attorney General John J. Hoffman said this week that the former production manager for the Music, Dance and Theater Department at New Jersey City University pleaded guilty today to embezzling $87,587 in box office receipts from university performances.
Kathleen Peet, 37, of Rochelle Park (formerly Kathleen Sarmiento), pleaded guilty to a charge of second-degree theft by unlawful taking before Superior Court Judge Mitzy Galis-Menendez in Hudson County. In pleading guilty, Peet admitted that she stole a total of $87,857 from 2004 through 2013, while employed as the production manager for the Music, Dance and Theater Department. Under the plea agreement, the state will recommend that Peet be sentenced to three years in state prison. She will be permanently barred from public employment and must pay full restitution. Peet previously paid $34,000 in restitution to the university, so she owes a balance of $53,587.
Deputy Attorneys General Cynthia Vazquez and Jane Khodarkovsky took the guilty plea for the Division of Criminal Justice Corruption Bureau. Peet is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 23.
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