Chatham Lawyer Lied To Judge About Mom's Death To Delay Trial: Report

CHATHAM, N.J. – According to John Nonnemacher, his mom’s dead. But no one told her about the tragic loss.

The Chatham Township resident and Brooklyn attorney allegedly had a federal court case delayed in March after telling a judge his mother had passed away just minutes before opening statements.

But what Nonnemacher’s own co-counsel learned was that the attorney’s mom was not dead, and the lawyer was just trying to buy time, according to the New York Post.

Nonnemacher sent his co-counsel, Jason Leventhal, to tell Judge Allyne Ross the alleged bad news on March 21, at which time she granted a one-week delay to the start of the trial, the report said.

Leventhal grew suspicious and hired his own private investigator who, three days later, learned Nonnemacher’s mother had suffered a fall but was recovering fine and still very much alive, the report said.

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Nonnemacher’s truthfulness with authority was called into question last year when he allegedly struck a fire hydrant in Chatham and fled the scene.

The then-Board of Education member was located a short time later just up the road and told police he swerved to avoid squirrels, realized he hit something but continued on his way, police said.

Nonnemacher was issued summonses for leaving the scene of an accident, failure to report an accident, driving while suspended, and careless driving. But the story didn’t end there.

Public records showed Nonnemacher had been served 16 license suspensions over the course of 21 years, including a suspension without an expiration in Jan. 2014.

Pictured: John Nonnemacher. Patch File Photo