REPORT: ECKER TO AVOID JAIL TIME IN LOWER MUA FLAP

The former executive director of the Lower Township Municipal Utilities Authority will be avoiding jail time in connection with a incident with the authority.  The Press of Atlantic City reports that Ecker was in court Monday and admitted that he was guilty of witness tampering but under a plea bargain agreement he gets no jail time.  Ecker could have faced up to five years in prison.  Ecker will enter a pre-trial intervention program and serve 40 hours of community service.