Robert Kugler Archives - New Jersey Globe

Despite pending criminal charges, Bergen GOP picks Kugler for sheriff

March 30, 2021 11:12 pmMarch 31, 2021 10:43 am

Nearly three weeks after state prosecutors charged Robert Kugler with corruption and conspiracy charges, Bergen County Republicans tonight picked him as their candidate for Sheriff. He defeated Harry Shortway Jr., the 83-year-old Midland Park mayor, by a vote of 269-98,...

Bergen GOP sheriff candidate charged with official corruption

March 8, 2021 3:34 pmMarch 8, 2021 4:49 pm

Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler, a Republican candidate for Bergen County Sheriff, was charged today with ordering police escorts for a funeral home he owns. Kugler faces a mandatory five-year prison term after the state attorney general’s office charged...

Former attorney gets 18 years for money laundering

December 4, 2020 5:13 pm

A federal judge sentenced a former South Jersey lawyer to 18 years in prison for his role in a long-ranging embezzlement scheme. Michael Kwasnik, a disbarred estate attorney formerly of Kwasnik Rodio Kanowitz & Buckley and Kwasnik Kanowitz & Associates,...

Robert Kugler switches parties, joins Bergen GOP

April 11, 2019 8:15 pmApril 11, 2019 7:56 pm

Saddle Brook police chief Robert Kugler, who ran for Bergen County sheriff last year, has switched parties and says he will become actively involved in the Bergen County Republican Organization. Kugler mounted a campaign for the Democratic nomination for sheriff...

Cureton wins Bergen sheriff race

November 7, 2018 5:36 am

Anthony Cureton beat his Republican John DeLorenzo in a special election kicked off by former Bergen County Sheriff Michael Saudino’s resignation. Cureton’s margin was a little slimmer than that of some other countywide candidates in the increasingly-blue county. The sheriff-elect...

Bergen Record endorses independent for Sheriff

November 3, 2018 6:52 am

In what might be a referendum on the political power of their editorial page, The (Bergen Record) has endorsed independent Robert Tormo for Bergen County Sheriff. A former state trooper, Tormo is one of five candidates seeking the seat of...

Kugler appeals judge’s decision on Bergen race

November 1, 2018 10:14 am

An appellate court judge will hear an appeal today filed by Robert Kugler, who is seeking to stop the special election for Bergen County Sheriff. Kugler, the Saddle Brook police chief, is an independent candidate for Sheriff in the November...