NEW BRUNSWICK — The New Brunswick Parking Authority's financial operations manager has been indicted on charges of stealing more than $24,000 in parking fees, part of an investigation that has already led to the arrest of six other parking authority employees.

Michael Lapidus, 34, faces a string of charges, including official misconduct, failing to deposit parking receipts, and tampering with computer records, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan said in a statement today.

An investigation by Lt. Daniel Del Bagno and Investigator Donald Heck, both of the prosecutor's office, determined more more than $24,000 in parking fees paid at the Wolfson parking deck in New Brunswick between April 1, 2007 and March 1, 2009 were never deposited in a parking authority account, Kaplan said.

Lapidus was responsible for collecting and depositing the payments, Kaplan said.

Lapidus is the seventh parking authority employee charged as a result of the investigation into the theft of more than $100,000 in parking fees.

Three of the defendants have pleaded guilty and have been sentenced for their offenses.

In February, Thevio Eliscar, 31, of New Brunswick was sentenced to seven years in a prison, and Hicham Saadi, 40, also of New Brunswick, received a one year sentence.

Eliscar also was ordered to repay $45,000 he stole from the parking authority between May 1, 2009, and May 16, 2010. A judge required Saadi to repay $60,000 he took between November 2006 and May 16, 2010.

Also, Anthony Williams, 33, of Woodbridge, was sentenced in February to two years in prison, and ordered to repay $650. All the sentences followed guilty pleas.

Authorities ask that anybody with information about these cases call Del Bagno or Heck at (732) 745-3300.

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