On June 29, Sharon Williams-Savage, former president of American Federation of Government Employees Local 2425, was sentenced in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Passaic County, to five years of probation for theft from the East Orange, N.J.-based union. She also was ordered to pay $180 per month in restitution totaling $18,000, plus a $30 law enforcement fee and a $75 court penalty. Williams-Savage had pleaded guilty in April following a multiple count indictment in December 2015. Though the union is based in Essex County, the offenses occurred in nearby Passaic County. The actions follow a joint investigation by the U.S. Labor Department’s Office of Labor-Management Standards and the New Jersey State Criminal Division.
