Former New Rochelle Schools Director Sentenced for Bribery Scheme

Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that JOHN C. GALLAGHER JR., the former head of Buildings and Grounds at the City of New Rochelle School District, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for his role in a scheme to solicit bribes from an outside contractor to channel school district business to the contractor's company for bribery. GALLAGHER pled guilty on October 10, 2017, before U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas, who imposed today's sentence.

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John Gallagher, the former Director of Environmental Services for the City School District of New Rochelle, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas in White Plains federal court to bribery in connection with a scheme to solicit bribes from an outside contractor to channel school district business to the contractor's company. The guilty plea was accounted by Joon H. Kim, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York.