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The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey crime family or the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, [2] Newark, West New York [4] and the surrounding areas.
Charles Diggs (D-MI), convicted on 29 charges of mail fraud and filing false payroll forms which formed a kickback scheme with his staff. Sentenced to three years (1978). [56] J. Herbert Burke (R-FL) pleaded guilty to disorderly intoxication, resisting arrest, and nolo contendere to an additional charge of witness tampering. He was sentenced to ...
The list is organized by office. The criminal statute(s) under which the conviction(s) were obtained are noted, as are the names of notable investigations, scandals, or litigation, if applicable. The year of conviction is included (if the official was convicted multiple times due to retrials, only the year of the first conviction is included).
The owner of a New Jersey counseling center admitted to her role in a health care fraud scheme involving hundreds of false claims, stated U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.
PATERSON — State fiscal monitors have impeded the city's efforts to settle a lawsuit filed by two men who spent 24 years in prison before their murder convictions were overturned by a judge ...
September 1993 – Evan Chandler files a civil suit demanding $30 million from Jackson due to alleged damages and harm caused towards himself and his family. [ 2 ] November 1993 – Jackson requests that the civil trial be postponed until after the Criminal hearing is completed due to a violation of his civil rights , under the circumstances of ...
PLUMSTED - The former bookkeeper for the New Jersey Apartment Association has pleaded guilty to theft after authorities say she forged checks totaling over a quarter of a million dollars, Ocean ...
Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000), is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision with regard to aggravating factors in crimes. The Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial, incorporated against the states through the Fourteenth Amendment, prohibited judges from enhancing criminal sentences beyond statutory maxima based on facts other than those decided by the ...