John A. Lynch Jr. (born October 21, 1938) is an American
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politician from
New Jersey
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, who served in the
New Jersey Senate
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from 1982 to 2002, where he represented the 17th Legislative District, and was Senate President from 1990 to 1992.
He was also the 61st
Mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey
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New Brunswick
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from 1979 to 1991.
Biography
Lynch was born in New Brunswick in 1938, the son of John A. Lynch, Sr. and Evelyn Rooney. His father also served as both Mayor of New Brunswick and State Senator from Middlesex County (7th District). Lynch played prep basketball at
St. Peter the Apostle High School St. Peter the Apostle High School was a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic High school (North America), high school that operated in New Brunswick, New Jersey, New Brunswick, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New J ...
, a key player on a team that was the runner-up in the 1956 Parochial A state championship. He attended the
College of the Holy Cross
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and the
Georgetown University Law Center
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.
Lynch was chosen in December 1989 to serve as Senate President, a position he held until 1991, when Republicans took control of the Senate. In 1997, after an unsuccessful effort to regain Democratic Party control of the Senate, Lynch stepped down from his position as the Minority Leader.
Bob Smith was elected in November 2001 to fill the seat vacated after Lynch retired.
mail fraud
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and one count of
tax evasion
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for failing to report $150,000 in income received from a real estate transaction in 1999. On December 19, 2006, he was sentenced by Judge Stanley R. Chesler to three years and three months in prison, which he was required to begin serving by January 15, 2007. Lynch was also required to pay a $50,000 fine.
He had faced up to five years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000 on each count of the indictment. However, based on
Federal Sentencing Guidelines
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, a sentence of between 33 and 41 months in prison and a fine of between $7,500 to $75,000 was expected. As of December 14, 2006, the court received 172 letters from citizens seeking leniency.
Lynch served two and a half years at
Federal Correctional Institution, Loretto
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