Massachusetts Man Sentenced to Probation for Failing to Pay Child Support

Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Daniel Shertzer, 30, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court by Judge George Z. Singal to five years of probation for failure to pay child support. He was also ordered to pay $57,533.75 in restitution.  Shertzer pleaded guilty on July 17, 2017.

According to court documents, Shertzer is the father of three minor children, as to whom he was ordered to pay child support in 2010, 2012 and 2013, respectively.  Between March 2010 and January 2017 -- except for the period between May and June 2011 when he worked in Maine -- Shertzer has lived and worked in California, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, but rarely made any voluntary payments toward his support obligations.

In pronouncing sentence, Judge Singal admonished Shertzer that he was totally irresponsible, that his victims were innocent and vulnerable children, and that the court would supervise him closely and send him to jail if he did not fulfill those support obligations. Judge Singal scheduled the matter for a status conference in six months to ensure that Shertzer did so.

The case was investigated by the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services