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Plea deal for ex-councilman involved in Matt O’Donnell sting operation

May 30, 2025 10:30 amMay 30, 2025 3:28 pm

Former Mount Arlington Councilman John Windish has pleaded guilty to bribery charges connected to a controversial 2019 sting operation involving former tax appeal attorney Matt O’Donnell as the state’s cooperating witness in a small-ball sting operation that has proven to...

Eicher retiring as head of Office of Public Integrity and Accountability

March 11, 2024 10:15 amMarch 11, 2024 11:39 am

Thomas A. Eicher, the director of the sometimes controversial New Jersey Office of Public Integrity and Accountability after a series of hits and misses, has announced his retirement, ending a prosecutorial career that has spanned over three decades. The 70-year-old...

Hinting no more shoes to drop, state seeks delay in Matt O’Donnell civil litigation

May 13, 2022 12:46 pmMay 13, 2022 4:44 pm

Matt O’Donnell, the now-suspended tax appeal lawyer who has pled guilty to making illegal campaign contributions in exchange for public contracts, does not appear to be cooperating in any other investigations beyond those were announced in December 2019, court documents...

Grand jury indicts Paterson councilmen Mendez, Jackson on voter fraud charges

March 3, 2021 4:05 pmMarch 3, 2021 7:41 pm

A state grand jury indicted two Paterson councilmen on election fraud charges last month, Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced Wednesday. Councilmen Alex Mendez and Michael Jackson were charged with election fraud, mail-in ballot fraud, unauthorized possession of ballots, tampering with...

Matt O’Donnell was a cooperating witness for more than two years, sources say

December 21, 2019 1:18 amDecember 23, 2019 2:06 pm

Matthew O’Donnell, the cooperating witness in a sting operation that ensnared several New Jersey politicians this week, began cooperating with the New Jersey Attorney General’s office in mid-2017, the New Jersey Globe has learned. Around that time, an anonymous whistleblower...