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TOMS RIVER MAN SENTENCED IN THEFT

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Prosecutor Joseph Coronato announced that on Friday, November 3, 2017, Patrick A Trushell, II age 39 of  Toms River, N.J. was sentenced to 5 years to New Jersey state prison, by Ocean County Superior Court Judge Rochelle Gizinski, on the charges of 2nd degree Theft by Deception and 3rd degree Failure to File a State Tax Return.

These charges are a result of a joint investigation conducted by Sgt. Mark Malinowski and members of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Economic Crimes Unit along with Auditor, Kerry Cymek of the New Jersey Department of Treasury – Office of Criminal Investigation.  Mr. Trushell engaged in the acts of theft by deception against three different energy brokerage companies.  Mr. Trushell, utilized his positions at these companies to obtain customer lists and customer accounts and filtered them to a fourth company that paid him a commission and to his own company, Chrono Energy, LLC, all the while collecting a full time salary from all three resulting in a theft over $250,000 in compensation pursuant to exclusive employment agreements between 2013-2014.