A former New Jersey mayor could end up spending life in prison after pleading guilty to raping and sexually abusing a female relative during her childhood, the Asbury Park Press newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Matthew Scannapieco, 71, was mayor of Marlboro, New Jersey from 1992 to 2003. The Republican pleaded guilt in May in a court in Delaware to continuous sexual abuse of a child, first-degree rape and first-degree unlawful sexual contact, according to the newspaper.
The newspaper reported that after he was arrested in August 2014, he told police the 50 to 60 sexual acts with the girl took place between 2006 to 2008.
The former mayor could face anywhere from two to 25 years for the charge of continuous sexual abuse of child, 15 years to life in prison for the first-degree rape charge and up to three years for unlawful sexual contact, according to the Asbury Park Press. His sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 4 in Wilmington, Delaware.
Scannapieco previously served time in prison for taking $245,000 in bribes from land developers during his tenure as mayor.
Sounds like a bad guy. So bad that he was apparently prosecuted in Delaware rather than New Jersey.
Scumbag
Matthew V. Scannapieco born May 21 1944 in Staten Island, New York, U.S. Married and divorced twice and has four children. A Vietnam veteran drafted in 1968[1] served as Republican Mayor of Marlboro, New Jersey from 1992[2] to 2003.[3] During the course of his career in public service, Scannapieco also served on the Township Council, the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustment.[4] During his tenure, as mayor he not only sat on the planning board but also appointed all but one of the other members.[5] During this time, Marlboro township experienced a 40 percent increase in housing units in Marlboro, or nearly 3,500 new units.[6] In 2005, in the case of United States of America v. Matthew V. Scannapieco, he was charged with corruptly accepting cash payments to influence planning processes and tax evasion.[7]
Stranger danger, indeed.
He’s 71…just about anything is a life sentence. Fuck him…give him the 50 and stick him in a cage.
If only the girl he molested could purge this experience after 50 years, but it’s irrevocably changed the rest of her life. I hope she can eventually learn to have meaningful relationships and find trust in physical intimacy, but those are now a stretch.
The cage is too good for this bastard.