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Prosecutors say there are ‘ongoing investigations’ related to Matt O’Donnell

April 1, 2021 2:04 pmApril 1, 2021 10:05 pm

A Superior Court Judge today sealed a list of potential targets in a state corruption probe, including a list of individuals cooperating witness Matthew O’Donnell offered to contact and a list of people prosecutors asked O’Donnell to connect with. Deputy...

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

March 29, 2021 12:08 amMarch 29, 2021 4:34 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...

Mary Dougherty gets probation in resolution to peculiar Matt O’Donnell sting operation

March 18, 2021 10:01 am

Mary Dougherty, one of four surprisingly small fish political figures charged in the bizarre Matt O’Donnell sting operation in 2019, was sentenced to one-year of probation on Thursday morning by Superior Court Judge Stephen Taylor. Dougherty pleaded guilty to a...

Murphy sidesteps on plea agreements that allow continued public legal work

February 17, 2021 3:33 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 pmFebruary 16, 2021 5:15 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...

Report: Morris officials reject plea agreement in bribery case

March 26, 2020 9:00 amMarch 26, 2020 10:53 am

Three Morris County politicians rejected plea deals in state bribery charges connected to a string operation that used Morristown attorney Matt O’Donnell as a cooperating witness, according to a Morristown Green report. Former Morris County freeholder John Cesaro and former...

O’Donnell law firm closing next week

January 22, 2020 9:09 pmJanuary 22, 2020 9:28 pm

Matt O’Donnell’s law firm, O’Donnell McCord, will shut down at the end of next week, the New Jersey Globe has learned. O’Donnell is the central figure in a sting operation that has led to bribery charges against five officials. Sources...