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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...

Lawyer suing Matt O’Donnell blasts deputy attorney general for communicating with judge privately

January 25, 2022 12:01 amJanuary 25, 2022 9:47 am

An attorney representing Holmdel Township today in a lawsuit against former tax appeal attorney Matt O’Donnell today slammed deputy attorney general John Nicodemo for communicating about his case with a Superior Court judge without telling him. O’Donnell is the state’s...

State offers Windish a deal: 5 years in prison, two before parole

April 19, 2021 9:51 am

Prosecutors have offered former Mount Arlington Councilman John Windish a plea agreement that includes five years in prison after allegedly taking a cash bribe from Matthew O’Donnell, the state’s cooperating witness in a political corruption sting operation. But Windish has...

Attorney General seeks to seal court records in case connected to Matt O’Donnell

March 29, 2021 12:08 amMay 29, 2025 12:56 pm

New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal has moved to seal court records in a motion to dismiss an indictment against a former Hudson Council official, augmenting the mysterious circumstances related to Matthew O’Donnell, the state’s cooperating witness in a political...

Murphy sidesteps on plea agreements that allow continued public legal work

February 17, 2021 3:33 pmMay 29, 2025 12:56 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy sidestepped a question on whether his administration should be entering plea agreements that allow individuals to continue to bill public entities Wednesday. “I literally don’t have any comment on that,” the governor said. Matt O’Donnell, who has...

Matt O’Donnell entered into plea agreement in June 2018, but state still allowed him to bill government clients

February 16, 2021 1:03 pmMay 29, 2025 12:56 pm

The state’s cooperating witness in a small fish corruption sting operation continued to practice law and bill public entities for two years despite entering into a plea agreement in June 2018, lawyers said in a Superior Court hearing this morning...

Windish, charged with bribery, also reprimanded by ELEC

August 5, 2020 10:37 amAugust 5, 2020 12:05 pm

Former Mount Arlington Councilman John Windish, who faces state bribery charges, was reprimanded by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission for filing his 2018 primary election reports 777 days late. Windish was not fined after ELEC determined that no...