New York Man Pleads Guilty to Failing to Pay Child Support

Bangor, Maine:  United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced that Theodore S. Comando, 54, of Westbury, New York pled guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court to failing to pay court-ordered child support.

According to court records, in September 2005, a Maine District Court ordered Comando to make weekly child support payments of $131.  Comando failed to do so as required and currently owes more than $10,000.

The defendant faces up to 2 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced after the completion of a presentence report by the U.S. Probation Office.

The investigation was conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General.