Dear Councilman Morgan:
The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office has recently completed its
investigation into your allegations concerning Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh,
Councilwoman Linda Geevers, and Michael Herbert, Esquire. Our
investigation consisted of document review, review of the transcripts
of West Windsor Township Council budget workshop meetings, interviews,
and a review of various e-mails, newspaper articles, and other
sources. The investigation consumed hundreds of hours.
In your letters to this office, dated May 4, 2009, May 14, 2009, May
18, 2009, July 15, 2009, and August 6, 2009, you allege that Mayor
Hsueh and Councilwoman Geevers conspired to commit and/or committed
numerous violations of the New Jersey Criminal Code. We have reviewed
each of your allegations and find that they have no basis in fact or
under the law. To the contrary, our review has revealed that the mayor
and Councilwoman Geevers played no role in the preparation of the
analysis of your proposal to utilize the fund balance to reduce the
municipal tax rate. Your allegations stretch the criminal code to
lengths not contemplated by the legislature. Accordingly, we do not
find any criminal conduct on the part of the mayor or Councilwoman
Geevers.
We would also take a moment to comment on the allegations you made
against Mr. Herbert. Initially, we would not that your allegations
relate to an issue that you clearly raised with Mr. Herbert at some
point during April of 2009. Based on our review of the documents and
interviews with involved parties, we are satisfied that Mr. Herbert
conducted the conference call with Mayor Hsueh and Russell Schenkman
in order to obtain information concerning the West Windsor Community
Foundation in order to respond to your questions about the Foundation
and to address your call for an investigation into the Foundation.
Accordingly, we do not find any wrongdoing on the part of Mayor Hsueh,
Councilwoman Geevers, and/or Mr. Herbert. We are, therefore, closing
our investigation in this matter.
Very truly yours,
Joseph L. Bocchini, Jr.
Mercer County Prosecutor
