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Latest snowstorm addsmore misery to alreadybudget-breaking costs

SolomonDwek hasbeenplaced inhomeconfineme-nt after hisrelease thisweek fromfederalprison.

Dwek served less than

30 months of 6-year term

Solomon Dwek, the Monmouth County man at thecenter of the states largest federal corruption sting,was released from federal prison this week, after serv-ing less than 30 months of a six-year term, officials said.

Dwek was transferred March 17 from federal prisonin Cumberland, Maryland, into a local halfway house,U.S. Prisons Bureau spokesman Ed Ross said. He wasplaced in home confinement days later.

The 42-year-old real estate investor and son of aprominent rabbi was released due to good conduct andthe 16 months he spent in jail after his bail was revoked,Ross said. U.S. District Court Judge Jose L. Linares re-voked Dweks $10 million bail in June 2011and sent himto federal prison after he failed to return a rental car andlied to the FBI about it.

While in home confinement, Dwek will be under su-pervision, Ross said. He will be able to leave the house togo to work and attend certain community activities.

When Dwek was sentenced by Linares in October2012, the U.S. Attorneys Office asked for a sentence of

between three and four years for the admitted con man.Government officials cited Dweks level of cooperationwith the government, which made him the most signifi-cant cooperator the U.S. Attorneys Office in New Jer-

Informant

released

from prison

JEAN MIKLE AND STEPH SOLIS@JEANMIKLE AND @STEPHMSOLIS

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PHOTOS BY TOM SPADER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Above: A commercial fishing fleet covered in snow dockside at the Co-Op in Point Pleasant Beach on Friday, the first day ofspring. Below: A robin stands on the snowy grass in Point Pleasant Beach.

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COMICS 5D

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Hundreds of superstorm Sandy victims who believetheir claims were low-balled by insurers would receivepayouts within 21 days under a universal settlementthat is nearing its final form, a lawyer involved in thenegotiations said Friday. The Federal Emergency Man-agement Agency announced the day before that itagreed with plaintiffs, including some 800 in New Jer-sey, on language regarding settlement conditions andthe rights and obligations of the parties.

While details of those terms were not disclosed,attorney Bill Kelly, who represents 700 policyholders in

FEMA nearingpact with 800N.J. Sandy victimsRUSS ZIMMER AND NICOLE GUADIANO@RUSSZIMMER AND @NGAUDIANO

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SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL MORE THAN 130 WORSHIPERS IN YEMEN PAGE 1B

TRENTON Fridays snowfall heaped misery on topof fiscal injury for taxpayers.

The state Department of Transportation says it hasspent a budget-breaking $100.4 million on winter oper-ations and snow removal costs this season throughMarch 6.

That figure does not include spreading liquid calci-um chloride and brine in advance of Fridays storm.

The state already is $11 million over the $89 millionbudgeted through initial and supplemental appropria-tions for winter operations this fiscal year. Many mu-nicipalities, of course, have exceeded their budgets forclearing local roads.

DOT spokesman Steve Schapiro said there havebeen 43 events where workers and contractors havebeen mobilized for tasks ranging from plowing forheavy snowfalls to treating roads after storms to pre-vent refreezing.

Last winter was also brutal, producing 50 events.

Municipal budgets also are getting crushed thiswinter.In Berkeley, where there are 271 miles of roads and

more than 300 cul-de-sacs to maintain, the March 5storm depleted the $450,000 put aside for winter opera-tions and snow removal. Officials said they will have toshift money from other line items or use surplus fundsas needed.

NO SPRING IN OUR STEPS

BOB JORDAN @BOBJORDANAPP

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12 hours in

Toms River

Day full of friendly

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moments and

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A flower covered in snow in Point Pleasant Beach on Friday,the first day of spring.