Snediker faces 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced later this year.
NORTH BRUNSWICK - The township's fire marshal resigned Thursday, one day after pleading guilty in federal court to embezzling about $89,000 from the North Brunswick Volunteer Fire Department.
The resignation of Craig Snediker, 40, is effective immediately, according to North Brunswick Mayor Francis "Mac" Womack.
"Today I asked for and received the resignation of Craig Snediker, North Brunswick township Fire Marshal," Womack said in an email to NJ Advance Media.
"His guilty plea in the United States District Court yesterday afternoon mandates his immediate separation from the township," the mayor stated.
U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said Snediker admitted to using ATMs in Middlesex County from March 2014 to May of this year to access public funds and private donations belonging to the volunteer fire department.
He then used the funds for personal expenses, Fishman said. To cover up his actions, he misrepresented the account balance on the fire company's books, Fishman said.
Snediker worked in the township for 15 years and earned $73,292 a year, according to New Brunswick Today.
He faces 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine when he is sentenced later this year.
Snediker's attorney, Robert Scrivo of Morristown, declined to comment on the case or his client. A message left at the Snediker family home in Monroe Township was not returned.
Still unclear on Thursday was the status of the investigation into the North Brunswick warehouse fire on July 22, the largest fire in township history.
Snediker, along with the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office and North Brunswick police, had been investigating the blaze.
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