Former Paterson mayor Jose 'Joey'' Torres released from prison at 8:11 a.m.

PATERSON — Former mayor Jose "Joey" Torres was released from state prison at 8:11 a.m. on Wednesday after spending 392 days behind bars on a corruption charge, New Jersey corrections department officials confirmed.

Torres was released from the state's Central Reception and Assignment Facility on Stuyvesant Avenue in Trenton, where he served his sentence after spending a brief time at the Hudson County jail immediately following his sentencing in November 2017.

Torres, who turned 60 while incarcerated, pleaded guilty to having city workers paid overtime by the taxpayers do renovations on a beer distribution business owned by his daughter and nephew.

Torres had been sentenced to a maximum of five years. But the plea agreement that resulted in Torres' conviction provided the former mayor with the opportunity to get released after a little more than a year behind bars.

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