Legal secretary admits to stealing $53,000 from Hackensack law firm; Plea calls for 364 days in the county jail
The plea agreement is for probation, conditioned upon her serving 364 days in the Bergen County Jail. Further, she is required to pay back $53,380 to the Hackensack law firm as restitution for the money she stole. Typically, on a 364 day jail sentence, the defendant will serve about half of that time before being released. A defendant agrees to a county jail sentence in order to avoid a state prison sentence.