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1. Carlton Riley Jr. of Camden sentenced for distributing crack cocaine
(N.J./State)

... Judge Samuel D. Natal in Camden. Riley pleaded guilty on March 2 to a charge of second-degree racketeering. The charge was contained in a Nov. 3 indictment stemming from Operation City Wide, an investigation ...

2. Gordon Fuller of Plainfield, ex-railroad executive, accused of $800K fraud
(N.J./State)

... with railway improvement projects. The state Division of Criminal Justice obtained a five-count state grand jury indictment charging Fuller, 71, E), the freight railroad’s CEO, and Phillips, 60, the ...

3. Insurance broker given 15 years in pen for stealing $2.8 million from Perth Amboy school board, city
(N.J./State)

... to the city. They must also pay public corruption profiteering penalties totaling $8,429,400 and a fine of $500,000. The charges were contained in two separate indictments obtained in 2010 as a result ...

4. Home Depot thieves in N.J. accused of stealing over $100K
(N.J./State)

... to five years in state prison and a fine of up to $15,000. Because the charges are indictable offenses, they will be presented to a state grand jury for potential indictment. The investigation is being ...

5. Ex-Hoboken official John Corea gets 7 years for role in theft of parking meter funds
(N.J./State)

... from public employment in New Jersey. Corea pleaded guilty on Dec. 16 to a second-degree charge of official misconduct, which was contained in a 2009 state grand jury indictment. The indictment stemmed ...

6. Hammonton, N.J. resident sentenced for arson
(N.J./State)

... Family Casualty Insurance Co. He pleaded guilty on Feb. 27 to second-degree conspiracy to commit aggravated arson. The charge was contained in a state grand jury indictment returned in February 2007. In ...

7. Terry Dilligard of Newark charged with casino check forgery
(N.J./State)

... Dilligard, 35, is charged in a 10-count state grand jury indictment with one count of second-degree theft by deception and nine counts of third-degree forgery. It is alleged that Dilligard used a color ...

8. Ex-N.J. Nets player Tate George indicted in Ponzi scheme
(Sports/Professional)

... ex-professional athletes by telling them his company, the George Group, had a real-estate development portfolio worth $500 million, according to the four-count wire-fraud indictment in federal court in ...

9. Brooklyn limo and taxi operator charged with insurance scam
(N.J./State)

Moustapha Lo stated vehicles operated from Newton, not Brooklyn A Brooklyn limousine and taxi company owner has been charged in a state grand jury indictment for allegedly registering and insuring his ...

10. Hildeberto Salinas of Carlstadt pleads guilty to role in illegal sale of driver's licenses
(N.J./State)

... plead guilty to driver's license sales conspiracy Salinas and Manfredonia were among 40 defendants named in indictments unsealed on Dec. 5, which also alleged conspiracies to illegally sell driver’s ...

11. Tyler Clementi's roommate Dharun Ravi did not commit a hate crime
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Tyler’s privacy. And that the proper punishment for that should have been sanctions by Rutgers, suspension or expulsion, not a criminal indictment by the government. But the charge that Ravi engaged ...

12. Ex-Newark mental health center owner Rostislav 'Steve' Vilshteyn gets 5 years for Medicaid fraud
(N.J./State)

... charges were contained in a May 11, 2010 state grand jury indictment. Vilshteyn was the owner and operator of the Bloomfield Health Pavilion (BHP), formerly located at 86 Bloomfield Ave. In convicting ...

13. CareOne worker charged after Facebook photo of nursing home resident's genitalia discovered
(N.J./State)

... criminal fine of $15,000. Because the charges are indictable offenses, the case will be presented to a state grand jury for potential indictment. Deputy Attorney General Dolores Blackburn, Sgt. Patricia ...

14. Newark pharmacist Calvin Osei of Sayreville pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud
(Health/Healthquest)

... state Superior Court Judge Martin Cronin in Newark. The charge was contained in an Oct. 26, 2009 state grand jury indictment. Cronin scheduled the sentencing for May 4 of this year. Under a plea agreement, ...

15. Former Dr. Ki I. Song of Matawan pleads guilty to dispensing narcotics for cash
(Health/Healthquest)

... Judge Bradley J. Ferencz in New Brunswick. The charge was contained in an Oct. 21 state grand jury indictment. Ferencz scheduled the sentencing for May 7. Under a plea agreement, the state will recommend ...

16. Former Irvington resident Valiesse Thelusma pleads guilty to false stolen car report
(N.J./State)

... County grand jury indictment returned on Dec. 17, 2010. Petrolle scheduled sentencing for April 25. Under a plea agreement, the state will recommend a sentence of five years of probation. New Jersey ...

17. Ex-N.J. MVC employees plead guilty to driver's license sales conspiracy
(N.J./State)

... among 40 defendants named in indictments unsealed on Dec. 5, which also alleged conspiracies to illegally sell driver’s licenses out of the East Orange, Edison and Jersey City motor vehicle agencies.  ...

18. 31 people with Essex County ties indicted for scheme to steal $2M in unemployment benefits
(N.J./State)

... grand jury indictments – returned on March 1, but sealed until late Thursday – charging five people who allegedly led the criminal schemes: Terry E. Dilligard II, 35, of Newark; Janice Allen, 55, of Newark, ...

19. Lawyers for Anna Gristina, accused N.Y. brothel operator, say minors were not involved
(U.S./Nation)

... is going to come down, in terms of a criminal indictment." When arrested in midtown Manhattan, investigators say she was with a friend and Morgan Stanley banker, and had just been to his office for a ...

20. John Cepeda of Elizabeth pleads guilty to role in nutrition voucher theft scheme
(N.J./State)

... in a Nov. 10 state grand jury indictment which charged 14 grocery store owners and employees with conspiracy and money laundering, both in the first degree, and other offenses. An investigation by the ...