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Press Release   Source: U.S. Attorney

Dead Beat Dad Sentenced to Federal Prison, Reports U.S. Attorney
Wednesday December 22, 10:16 am ET

BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- A Montclair, New Jersey man was sentenced yesterday in federal court following a trial conviction for
failing to pay child support.

United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Joseph C. Moraski, Regional Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General, Office of Investigations, announced that ALAN MONDAY, age 43, of Montclair, New Jersey was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge William G. Young to 1 year and 1 day in prison, to be followed by 1 year of supervised release. Chief Judge Young also ordered MONDAY to pay $57,177 in restitution which represents the full amount of child support that he presently owes. MONDAY was convicted by a trial jury on April 7, 2004 of the single charge of failure to pay child support, a felony provision of the federal Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act.

Evidence presented during the three-day trial proved that MONDAY, a self- employed satellite telecommunications engineer, willfully failed to pay child support for his daughter who resides in Massachusetts, from July, 1998 to October, 2001, for a total of over $16,000. In 1992, MONDAY had been ordered by a Maryland probate court to pay $425 a month in child support to the mother of his child. MONDAY made his last child support payment in 1995.

"When parents ignore their legal obligation to pay court ordered child
support, innocent children suffer," stated U.S. Attorney Sullivan. "In
this case, the defendant's willful failure to pay for the support of his
daughter justified his conviction."

The case was investigated by Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General, Office of Investigations. It was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kimberly West and Seth Berman in Sullivan's Major Crimes Unit.


Source: U.S. Attorney

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