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Ex-Morris freeholder gets probation, no jail, in bribery scheme

February 13, 2026 1:23 pmFebruary 13, 2026 3:14 pm

It’s been more than six years since John Cesaro was charged with bribery, and the saga ended today when the former Morris County Freeholder was sentenced to three years probation and no jail time. Superior Court Judge Peter Tober rejected...

OPIA destroyed cell phones of investigators in corruption sting operation

June 26, 2025 5:03 pm

The embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability has destroyed the cell phones of detectives who investigated a nearly six-year-old bantam public corruption case against former Assemblyman Jason O’Donnell (D-Bayonne), even though investigators used those phones to send text messages...

The Inside Edge with David Wildstein: Norcross’ Big Win

February 27, 2025 5:35 amJuly 14, 2025 4:33 pm

More allegations of prosecutorial misconduct by OPIA

February 10, 2025 3:32 pmFebruary 10, 2025 4:45 pm

More allegations of prosecutorial misconduct have been leveled against the embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability after the release of an email the state had spent four years denying existed. The explosive email from then-Deputy Attorney General Pearl Minato...

Public integrity unit told grand jury a N.J. judge might be corrupt, but did they report it?

September 27, 2024 7:01 pmSeptember 27, 2024 7:07 pm

In June, three state prosecutors from the embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability told a grand jury that Superior Court Judge Steven J. Polansky, the presiding civil court judge in Camden County, might be “corrupt” and part of an...

Lakewood rabbi’s lawyer demands investigation of OPIA after botched trials

August 2, 2024 7:59 pmAugust 3, 2024 12:54 pm

Defense attorney Lee Vartan is calling for an immediate investigation into circumstances involving the state’s prosecution of Osher Eisemann, a prominent Lakewood rabbi who was vindicated two days ago when a judge dismissed the state’s case because the evidence was...

Judge dismisses case against Lakewood Rabbi, leaving OPIA with another stain

July 31, 2024 1:00 pmAugust 1, 2024 12:04 pm

In a massive blow to the state’s embattled Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, a Superior Court Judge today dismissed an indictment of a prominent Lakewood rabbi and ended a nearly decade-long prosecution. Judge Joseph Paone threw out the case...