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  • Corruption Arrests Send Shockwave At Statehouse

    09/07/2007 5:08:16 AM PDT · by Calpernia · 18 replies · 364+ views
    Millennium Radio New Jersey ^ | Friday, September 07, 2007 | By: Kevin McArdle
    News of U-S Attorney Chris Christie's latest round of corruption arrests early yesterday morning sent a shockwave through New Jersey politics. The epicenter is, without question, the State House in Trenton. The tension is palpable, the mood is somber and it comes just as the fall campaign season kicks into high gear. Democratic Assemblymen Mims Hackett and Al Steele are among 11 public officials who are being charged with demanding and accepting cash bribes to steer public contracts. Democratic Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts says, "I was absolutely sickened by today's news involving the arrests of two Assembly members. While this...
  • N.J. Officials Arrested in Corruption Investigation

    09/06/2007 7:12:48 AM PDT · by Calpernia · 19 replies · 685+ views
    1010wins ^ | Thursday, 06 September 2007 9:37AM
    TRENTON, N.J. (1010 WINS) -- Eleven mayors and two other New Jersey officials from across New Jersey, were arrested Thursday in federal corruption investigation, officials told 1010 WINS reporter Steve Sandberg. Democratic state Assemblymen Mims Hackett Jr. and Alfred E. Steele were among those arrested, along with Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera. The chief of staff to Newark's City Council president was also arrested, the official said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to upstage a formal announcement, said the arrests were related to insurance contracts for local governments.