Shawn Fuller, a regional project manager for an outside contractor, admitted shaking down Picatinny Arsenal subcontractors for $20,000 in cash and in one case, a Yamaha Wave Runner.
NEWARK--A construction manager at Picatinny Arsenal faces 10 years in prison after admitting Wednesday that he shook down subcontractors for thousands in kickbacks and in one case, a personal watercraft.
Shawn Fuller, 45, of East Stroudsburg pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton in federal court in Newark to one count of accepting unlawful kickbacks.
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According to the U.S. Attorney's office, Fuller was a regional manager for a prime contractor on several construction projects at Picatinny, a military research and manufacturing facility in Rockaway Township. The company he worked for was not named.
Prosecutors said Fuller began taking kickbacks from subcontractors as far back at 2009 in return for favorable treatment on various projects. In one instance, they said he solicited and accepted a Yamaha Wave Runner, valued at $4,250, from a subcontractor who owned a Warren County construction company. In court, Fuller also admitted that he accepted approximately $20,000 in cash between 2009 and June 2013.
More than 6,500 people work at the 6,400-acre military arsenal, which borders Jefferson, Rockaway Township and Wharton, with about half either engineers or scientists.
Fuller could go to jail for 10 years, and faces a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced in February.
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