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• Christie nominates prosecutor for AG

  —Politics Patrol: Bob Ingle

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  Gov.-elect Christie says the only way to change this state's culture of corruption is making its elimination at priority at all levels. To that end, he nominated Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow for attorney general. He also named Marc Ferzan, deputy chief of the Criminal Division [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 11:00am EST
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• Two Shenandoah, Pennsylvania Men and Four Police Officers Indicted

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  for Hate Crime and Related Corruption WASHINGTON—A federal grand jury has returned multiple indictments arising out of a fatal racially motivated beating and related police corruption in Shenandoah, Pa., the Justice Department announced. The three... [...]

  Posted: December 16, 2009, 4:45am EST
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• Governor-Elect Christie Announces Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow as New Jersey Attorney General

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  Names Bipartisan Leadership Team with Proven Experience Battling Corruption Trenton, NJ – Governor-Elect Chris Christie today named former federal prosecutors with proven records of battling corruption to the New Jersey Attorney General’s office leadership team.... [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 4:36pm EST
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• Attorney General Corbett announces additional charges in ongoing public corruption investigation

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  December 15, 2009 HARRISBURG -As part of an ongoing public corruption investigation into the Pennsylvania Legislature, agents from the Attorney General's Public Corruption Unit today filed criminal charges against Representative H. William DeWeese, of Greene... [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 4:14pm EST
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• Christie Names Attorney General

  —Dan Cirucci

  Governor-Elect Chris Christie today named former federal prosecutors with proven records of battling corruption to the New Jersey Attorney General’s office leadership team. Christie appointed Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow as Attorney General; Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney’s office Marc Ferzan, as Executive Assistant Attorney [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 2:19pm EST
  

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• Governor-Elect Christie Announces Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow as New Jersey Attorney General

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  Names Bipartisan Leadership Team with Proven Experience Battling Corruption
  
  Trenton, NJ – Governor-Elect Chris Christie today named former federal prosecutors with proven records of battling corruption to the New Jersey Attorney General’s office leadership team. Christie appointed Essex County Prosecutor Paula Dow as Attorney General; Deputy Chief of the [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 2:08pm EST
  

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• News Roundup & Open Thread for Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009

  —Blue Jersey

  Paul Fishman sworn in by Justice Samuel Alito

  Pledging to bring intensity and integrity (yes, more please)  to the federal government's efforts to root out crime and corruption, we get a new USA.

  Paula Dow to be Christie's AG

  Christie is expected to announce Dow - his first cabinet appointment - [...]

  Posted: December 15, 2009, 7:07am EST
  

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• News Roundup & Open Thread for Monday, Dec. 14, 2009

  —Blue Jersey

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  Jersey City will consider the recommendations of an audit of its practices with developers, done by an outside law firm, in the wake of the massive political corruption sting that stung the deputy mayor, Leona Beldini, accused [...]

  Posted: December 14, 2009, 7:40am EST
  

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• Pay-to-play rules in Union County

  —The County Watchers

  I’m still researching what I see as legalized corruption in the awarding of no-bid contracts for specialized legal services but I have enough information to make an educated guess on the rules of this game which I touched upon in this clip (about 20 minutes in) and will summarize here in [...]

  Posted: December 13, 2009, 10:01am EST
  by John Bury

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• Feds indict Van Pelt on corruption charges

  —Politicker NJ

  Former Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt (R-Ocean Twp.) was indicted today for accepting a $10,000 bribe. He was arrested on July 23 and resigned soon after.  His arraignment has not been scheduled. Van Pelt allegedly met with a cooperating witness, widely believed to be Solomon Dwek, on February 11 at a [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 4:52pm EST
  by Max Pizarro

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• ANY MORE SHOES TO DROP?

  —In The Lobby

  Dec. 4, 2009
  
  So we see that Alfonso L. Santoro, the executive director of the Ocean County Democratic Party, admitted in federal court Thursday to accepting bribes.
  
  He is the newest public official to be named from this summer's corruption scandal.  According to the Asbury  Park Press:
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  Fetched: December 04, 2009, 10:18pm EST
  

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• Elwell pleads not guilty

  —Politicker NJ

  Former Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell and political associate Ronald Manzo pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges today, the Jersey Journal reports. Elwell, who won the Democratic primary for reelection and was set to run in the November general election, resigned shortly after he was charged in July.  He is [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 3:08pm EST
  by Matt Friedman

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• Ocean County Democratic leader admits he took bribe

  —Politicker NJ

  Al Santoro, the Executive Director of the Ocean County Democratic Party, pleaded guilty today to federal corruption charges, admitting that he took cash payments from a cooperating witness in exchange for promising to introduce him to public officials. Federal prosecutors said that Santoro’s prosecution is connected to Operation Bid Rig, [...]

  Posted: December 03, 2009, 4:04pm EST
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• Another Jersey City pol pleads guilty to corruption charges

  —Politicker NJ

  Unsuccessful Jersey City council candidate Michael Manzo pleaded guilty today to accepting a $5,000 bribe from an FBI informant posing as a developer. Manzo, a 53-year-old former arson investigator with the Jersey City Fire Department, admitted taking the money in exchange for helping the informant, Solomon Dwek, win approvals for [...]

  Posted: December 02, 2009, 2:31pm EST
  by Matt Friedman

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• N.J. Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone, wife plead not guilty to corruption charges

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  Jersey Journal file photoState Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone of Bayonne and his wife, Diane, pleaded not guilty today to charges they took aides' pay and deposited it into personal and campaign accounts.State Assemblyman Anthony Chiappone of Bayonne and his wife, Diane,... ' [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 4:54pm EST
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• Trickle Down Corruption

  —The Save Jersey Blog

  Matt Rooney | December 1, 2009
  
  
  Earlier today, the State Commission of Investigation (SCI) issued a new report highlighting stunning levels of waste, fraud and tax dollar abuse at the local levels of state government. You can read the entire eye-opening report (in pdf format) by clicking here.
  
  According to a Senate GOP [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 2:52pm EST
  

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• Beldini hit with new charges

  —Politicker NJ

  A superseding federal corruption indictment against former Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini further exposes the city's allegedly corrupt political underbelly.          Beldini, arrested in July and in August indicted on one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, now faces two additional counts of attempted extortion and three counts of [...]

  Posted: November 30, 2009, 3:46pm EST
  by Matt Friedman

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• The Miracle On State Street?

  —The Save Jersey Blog

  Matt Rooney | November 27, 2009
  
  
  Good news, Save Jerseyans! Corzine's tax hiking, big spending, corruption-enabling ways have culminated in a massive budget gap, but no worries.... he's promising "answers" by Christmas!
  
  From The Star-Ledger:
  
  

  "Gov. Jon Corzine said today he will once again scour the state’s budget to fill another unexpected" [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 5:00am EST
  

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• Hayden files Ferriero motion

  —Politicker NJ

  Former Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joe Ferriero’s attorney has filed to have Ferriero's corruption conviction overturned. Defense lawyer Joseph Hayden said he filed about a dozen arguments in federal court, chief among them challenging Ferriero's conviction for conspiracy to defraud Bergenfield of co-defendant Dennis Oury’s honest services.  Oury, who was Bergen [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:03pm EST
  by Matt Friedman

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