{"id":105697,"date":"2025-04-22T22:31:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T02:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=105697"},"modified":"2025-04-22T22:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T02:31:53","slug":"former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Village Of Candor Mayor Sentenced To Jail Time For Stealing Village Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and State Police Superintendent Steven G. James recently announced that former Village of Candor Mayor Eric Halstead was sentenced to 60 days in jail for his theft of $23,000 in village funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cHalstead was elected to serve his community but chose instead to steal from it,\u201d DiNapoli said. \u201cHe now faces the consequences of his crime. Public corruption does lasting damage to people\u2019s confidence in the institutions that exist to serve them. My thanks to Tioga County District Attorney Kirk Martin and State Police Superintendent Steven James for partnering with my office to ensure that justice was served in this case.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">State Police Superintendent James said, \u201cThe sentencing of Mr. Halstead demonstrates the vital collaborative work of our law enforcement partners focused on the same goal: holding those who break our laws accountable. The victims in this case are the people of New York who put their trust in the former Village of Candor Mayor. I commend our State Police members, our partners at the Comptroller\u2019s Office, and Tioga County District Attorney\u2019s Office for their commitment to investigating those who prey on the unsuspecting public for their own gain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Halstead\u2019s crime was uncovered when unusual entries referring to ATM withdrawals and a \u201cMayor\u2019s discretionary fund\u201d were found in the village\u2019s records. A subsequent investigation by DiNapoli\u2019s office and law enforcement determined that Halstead stole $23,519 in village funds from February 2017 to May 2023. At random intervals, he put money back into the village\u2019s accounts totaling $19,302.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Halstead served as Candor\u2019s mayor from 2012 until his resignation in July 2024. He pled guilty to grand larceny in the third degree in January 2025 and paid full restitution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He was sentenced before Judge Adam R. Schumacher in Tioga County Court. As part of his sentence, he is barred from running for public office ever again.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and State Police Superintendent Steven G. James recently announced that former Village of Candor Mayor Eric Halstead was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":105698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-police-courts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Former Village Of Candor Mayor Sentenced To Jail Time For Stealing Village Funds - Owego Pennysaver Press<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former Village Of Candor Mayor Sentenced To Jail Time For Stealing Village Funds - Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and State Police Superintendent Steven G. James recently announced that former Village of Candor Mayor Eric Halstead was...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Owego Pennysaver Press\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-23T02:31:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Mayor.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"612\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"408\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"psadvert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/\",\"name\":\"Former Village Of Candor Mayor Sentenced To Jail Time For Stealing Village Funds - Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Mayor.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-23T02:31:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Mayor.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Mayor.jpg\",\"width\":612,\"height\":408,\"caption\":\"iStock Photo.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Former Village Of Candor Mayor Sentenced To Jail Time For Stealing Village Funds\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/\",\"name\":\"Owego Pennysaver Press\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492\",\"name\":\"psadvert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"psadvert\"},\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/author\/psadvert\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Former Village Of Candor Mayor Sentenced To Jail Time For Stealing Village Funds - Owego Pennysaver Press","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Former Village Of Candor Mayor Sentenced To Jail Time For Stealing Village Funds - Owego Pennysaver Press","og_description":"New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and State Police Superintendent Steven G. James recently announced that former Village of Candor Mayor Eric Halstead was...","og_url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/","og_site_name":"Owego Pennysaver Press","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/The-Owego-Pennysaver-49179420591\/","article_published_time":"2025-04-23T02:31:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":612,"height":408,"url":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Mayor.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"psadvert","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"psadvert","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/","url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/","name":"Former Village Of Candor Mayor Sentenced To Jail Time For Stealing Village Funds - Owego Pennysaver Press","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Mayor.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-23T02:31:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Mayor.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.greenstreetdata.com\/PS\/owego\/files\/2025\/04\/Mayor.jpg","width":612,"height":408,"caption":"iStock Photo."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2025\/04\/22\/former-village-of-candor-mayor-sentenced-to-jail-time-for-stealing-village-funds\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Former Village Of Candor Mayor Sentenced To Jail Time For Stealing Village Funds"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#website","url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/","name":"Owego Pennysaver Press","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/e03684194434956dfb61f5ffcbc19492","name":"psadvert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f42612cb07a4c4b7f1eb18ddb88bac4f8054cf2755aff2b1ac4f82d9e9ffd01?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"psadvert"},"url":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/author\/psadvert\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105699,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105697\/revisions\/105699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}