NJMVA Ocean County NJ Drake A. Williams Sentenced

By The Star Ledger

EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP -- A former testing supervisor for the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission has been sentenced to three years in prison for taking bribes to allow driver's license applicants pass their written test.

Drake A. Williams, a 48-year-old Egg Harbor Township resident who worked in the Cardiff Motor Vehicle Agency, was sentenced today.

State prosecutors said Williams accepted cash payments ranging from $50 to $200 for giving passing grades to applicants who couldn't read English well or couldn't pass for other reasons.

Prosecutors said brokers steered customers to Williams, who administered the test on paper, rather than by computer as is standard.

He was arrested in May 2008 and pleaded guilty in August 2009.

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