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Samuel M. Denorchia

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Prosecutor: Edgewater Fire Department Treasurer Pocketed $40,000 Prosecutor: Edgewater Fire Department Treasurer Pocketed $40,000
Prosecutor: Edgewater Fire Department Treasurer Pocketed $40,000 EDGEWATER, N.J. – The Edgewater Fire Department’s treasurer/secretary stole $40,000 of the volunteer department’s funds for his own use, authorities who arrested him Wednesday said. Samuel M. Denorchia, 57, a former borough fire chief and department president who works as a consultant, was released pending a Jan. 17 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackesnack on theft by deception charges. Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said his investigators found that Denorchia “utilized his access to the Volunteer Fire Department’s checking and savings accounts to iss…

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by Jerry DeMarco