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N.J. Democratic Official Faces Corruption Charges
The Wall Street Journal ^
| March 7, 2011
| Lisa Fleisher
Posted on 03/07/2011 9:18:12 AM PST by shoptalk
TRENTON — The former longtime Middlesex County Sheriff Joseph Spicuzzo was arrested Monday morning and accused of selling jobs to “young recruits” and taking bribes of at least $50,000.
Spicuzzo, 65, the chairman of the Middlesex County Democratic party, turned himself in Monday and was charged with official misconduct and bribery. He faces a mandatory minimum of five years and up to 10 years for each charge, the attorney general’s office said.
Spicuzzo served as sheriff for three decades, announcing in 2010 he would not run again for health reasons. He is accused of demanding bribes of up to $25,000 to hire new investigators in the sheriff’s department between 2007 and 2008.
“Official misconduct does not get much more audacious and venal than this,” said Stephen Taylor, criminal justice director of the attorney general’s office, said in a statement.
Top state Democrats from Middlesex County called for his resignation, including Assemblyman John Wisniewski, chairman of the state Democratic Party.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: corruption; democratcorruption; democrats; meadowlands; newjersey; nj; njcorruption; njdemocrats; njsea
Spicuzzo was nominated to his position on the board of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority in December 2009 by a lame duck Gov. Jon Corzine, a Democrat, angering then-Gov.-elect Chris Christie. The incoming Republican governor called Spicuzzo “probably the singular most unqualified candidate for the Sports Authority you could find.” The authority runs the Meadowlands and the racetracks.
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posted on
03/07/2011 9:18:17 AM PST
by
shoptalk
To: shoptalk
Gee...he’s a Democrat. What are the odds? /s
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posted on
03/07/2011 9:22:18 AM PST
by
mort56
To: shoptalk
am i the only one getting a disconnect here? he’s demanding bribes of up to 25K, and accused of accepting bribes of at least 50K..... ???
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posted on
03/07/2011 9:23:04 AM PST
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: shoptalk
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posted on
03/07/2011 9:23:33 AM PST
by
gwilhelm56
(To anger a Christian, Lie to them. To anger a muslim, tell them the TRUTH!)
To: shoptalk
thanks for the post. Corzine sounds like he was more corrupt than people truly knew. How much more corruption will come out in the news from New Jersey?
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posted on
03/07/2011 9:23:53 AM PST
by
hondact200
(Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
To: shoptalk
N.J. Democratic Official Faces Corruption Charges In other news: Sun Comes Up Every Day, Water Flows Downhill, Dogs Eat Bones...
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posted on
03/07/2011 9:24:50 AM PST
by
MrDem
(Founder: Democrats for Cheney/Palin 2012)
To: mort56
There are no Democrats who are not corrupt - there are only corrupt Democrats who have not been caught, yet.
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posted on
03/07/2011 9:24:51 AM PST
by
grobdriver
(Proud Member, Party Of No! No Socialism - No Fascism - Nobama - No Way!)
To: gwilhelm56
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posted on
03/07/2011 9:25:20 AM PST
by
hondact200
(Candor dat viribos alas (sincerity gives wings to strength) and Nil desperandum (never despair))
To: mort56
Gee...he’s a
Democrat. Politician What are the odds? /s
Corruption knows no party bounds.
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posted on
03/07/2011 9:25:36 AM PST
by
NY.SS-Bar9
(Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!)
To: grobdriver
That is funny and would be earth shattering, stop the presses news if a NJ RAT was found to not be corrupt.
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posted on
03/07/2011 9:26:39 AM PST
by
MrDem
(Founder: Democrats for Cheney/Palin 2012)
To: MrDem
He had been the county’s SHERIFF twice as long (30 years) as he’d been Democrat party official.
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posted on
03/07/2011 9:32:35 AM PST
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shoptalk
(Defend principles, not personalities. Personalities will always break your heart.)
To: camle
am i the only one getting a disconnect here? he’s demanding bribes of up to 25K, and accused of accepting bribes of at least 50K..... ???That's probably just the incidents we know about, meaning there's many, many more.
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posted on
03/07/2011 9:36:39 AM PST
by
paulcissa
(The first requirement of Liberalism is to stand on your head and tell the world they're upside down)
To: paulcissa
unless one is cumulative...?
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posted on
03/07/2011 9:41:49 AM PST
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camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: shoptalk
Who knew bribery is illegal in jeurseey. You sure????
To: org.whodat
A corrupt Democrat in New Jersey ?
Imagine that ...........
To: Col Frank Slade
No not a democrat, I haven’t got past the illegal to sell government jobs yet!!!!!!
To: shoptalk
I’m sure it’s worth a few thousand bucks to get a job that pays millions in retirement after only 20 years.
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posted on
03/07/2011 10:42:34 AM PST
by
Seruzawa
(What's Democrat's legacy? Almost 1/2 million dead US soldiers and collapsed cities.)
To: shoptalk
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posted on
03/10/2011 9:14:20 PM PST
by
Coleus
(Adult Stem Cells Work, there is NO Need to Harvest Babies for Their Body Parts!)
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