Mayor who claimed to be Green Beret resigns

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Attorney Edwin Jacobs Jr., addresses the media Wednesday in Atlantic City, N.J., as he announces that his client, Atlantic City Mayor Robert Levy has resigned from office. Levy, who was missing from his job for two weeks, has resigned effective immediately, Jacobs said. He said Levy checked himself into a rehab facility.


Mayor who claimed to be Green Beret resigns
By Wayne Parry - The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Oct 10, 2007 15:21:40 EDT

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey — The mayor of the gambling resort of Atlantic City resigned Wednesday after a two-week absence from office during which he checked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.

Robert Levy’s disappearance came amid a federal investigation for embellishing his Army service in Vietnam.

“Mr. Levy has concluded that public confidence is so eroded by these circumstances that the only responsible action is to step down,” said his attorney, Edwin Jacobs. “He does so with great regret and with apologies to his supporters, to the people of Atlantic City, and to his family and friends.”

The president of the seaside city’s council was sworn in as acting mayor.

City officials last heard from Levy on Sept. 26, when he called in sick, climbed into his city-issued Dodge Durango and seemingly vanished. Aides to Levy, a Democrat who took office in January 2006, would say only that he was hospitalized somewhere, and they would not disclose his condition.

Levy checked himself into a clinic because he had been overmedicating himself with pain pills to treat severe back pain, as well as using different medication to treat post-traumatic stress disorder stemming from his war service, Jacobs said.


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