The onetime Camden firefighter convicted of collecting more than $82,000 on disability while competing and teaching martial arts heads to prison for seven years.

Shane Streater (NJ Attorney General's Office)
Shane Streater (NJ Attorney General's Office)
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In a Camden County courtroom, Shane B. Streater, 41, of Camden, was also ordered to pay full restitution of $82,488 to the New Jersey pension system, and barred from public-sector work in the statem according to the office of acting New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino.

Streater was found guilty of second-degree theft by deception in April. His sentence exceeds the minimum of five years for charges of this caliber, but falls short of the 10-year maximum.

Streater applied for accidental disability payments in February 2009, claiming back and neck injuries from accidents involving fire trucks in which he was riding in December 2007 and March 2008.

Accidental disability payments are untaxed and provides beneficiaries with two-thirds of their salaries.

According to authorities an independent doctor verified the injuries but concluded that they were not work-related, but resulting from a pre-existing condition.

Streater was granted ordinary disability pension in January 2010, a taxable payment that covers 40 percent of a claimant's wages.

He filed an appeal with the state Office of Administrative Law. A deputy attorney general and an investigator reported that Streater taught jiu jitsu several times a week at a mixed martial arts academy, and found YouTube video of Streater competing in the June 2010 Grapplers Quest Mixed Martial Arts Tournament.

Investigators said that Streater won a bronze medal in the competition, and achieved a black belt in jiu jitsu in 2010 while collecting disability payments. He had collected $82,488 by the time it was revoked in April 2012.

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