Or so it seems. We’re having difficulty keeping up.
UPDATE: OK, more information:
2 N.J. Mayors Arrested in Broad Inquiry on Corruption
The mayors of Hoboken and Secaucus, a state assemblyman and dozens of others were rounded up early Thursday as the F.B.I. swept across four counties in New Jersey as part of a two-year corruption and money-laundering investigation that ranged from the Jersey Shore to Brooklyn and has even reached into the State House in Trenton.
Agents raided the home of Joseph V. Doria Jr., commissioner of the state Department of Community Affairs, who also is the former mayor of Bayonne, an official confirmed Thursday morning.
Among the roughly 30 people arrested by mid-morning were Hoboken Mayor Peter J. Cammarano III and Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, both Democrats, and Assemblyman Daniel M. Van Pelt, a Republican from Forked River, in Ocean County. Mr. Cammarano, who turned 32 on Wednesday, was elected mayor June 9 and sworn in July 1, after serving as councilman-at-large since 2005.
I’ve done a spreadsheet of the people named so far – and let me note: there’s something fun about a story where you need to do a spreadsheet in order to keep up with this sort of thing.
Name | Occupation | Democrat |
Peter Cammarano | Mayor of Hoboken | Yes |
Dennis Elwell | Mayor of Secaucus | Yes |
Leona Beldini | Dep Mayor of Jersey City | Yes |
Mariano Vega | Council President, Jersey City | Yes |
La Vern Webb-Washington | Council Candidate, Jersey City | Yes* |
Michael Manzo | Fire Department, Jersey City | No** |
Daniel Van Pelt | New Jersey Assemblyman | No |
*Ran as independent. | ||
**Ran as independent. |
There’s going to be a press conference at noon, and it should be riveting.
Moe Lane
PS: You know who else is from Hudson County? Senator Robert Menendez.
Crossposted to RedState.
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