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Paid agitator Leroy Truth indicted for assaulting a police officer

April 22, 2026 12:50 pmApril 22, 2026 3:12 pm

An Essex County grand jury has indicted Leonard Filipowski, aka Leroy Truth, a paid political agitator, with assaulting a police officer. Filipowski was arrested in November after allegedly assaulting a Union City police officer. He spent one night in jail...

Leroy Truth arrested for assaulting police officer

November 18, 2025 4:26 pmApril 14, 2026 3:23 pm

Leroy Truth, a paid agitator whose real name is Leonard Filipowski, was arrested on Friday on charges of assaulting a police officer in Union City. Truth was also charged with resisting arrest and obstruction. Assistant Essex County Prosecutor Jennifer Ventola...

Sacco struggles to deliver votes in Democratic primary

June 16, 2025 8:56 pmJune 17, 2025 11:55 pm

There are signs that the 40-year reign of North Bergen Mayor Nicholas Sacco is nearing an end after a series of losses in last week’s Hudson County Democratic Civil War show a significant decline in his mojo; he once had...