Alan Hevesi pleaded guilty this morning to one count of defrauding the government, a Class E felony, and resigned his post, marking the end a four-month scandal that brought down one of the stateÂ’s top elected officials. | Hevesi was booked, fingerprinted and released on his own recognizance. |
Appearing before Albany County Judge Stephen W. Herrick, Hevesi, 66, a Democrat whose job was to be the top watchdog over state agencies, admitted he had state security workers drive his wife and attend to her personal needs, and that he didnÂ’t intend to pay for it. He said there were security concerns for Carol Hevesi, but the work of these taxpayer-funded employees went beyond that.