Robert Kugler Archives - New Jersey Globe

Kugler exonerated after judge dismisses indictment

November 2, 2022 7:07 pmNovember 2, 2022 11:23 pm

Robert Kugler, the Saddle Brook police chief who lost a bid for Bergen County Sheriff in 2021 after being indicted on corruption charges, was vindicated today after a Superior Court Judge dismissed an indictment against him. Judge Marilyn Clark dismissed...

Democrats appear to hold on in local Bergen County races

November 3, 2021 3:18 am

A slate of Democratic incumbents running for re-election in Bergen County – Sheriff Anthony Cureton, Surrogate Michael Dressler, County Clerk John Hogan, and Commissioners Steven Tanelli and Tracy Silna Zur – have all likely emerged victorious, though by narrower margins...

Bergen Democrats seek to keep relatively new blue wall

November 1, 2021 10:29 am

Bergen County was once a swing county, where both parties fought out competitive and expensive general elections in countywide elections and in competitive local contests across the county’s 70 municipalities. Just seven years ago, Bergen had a Republican county executive...

If Kugler wins Bergen sheriff race, he’ll probably be able to take office

September 27, 2021 9:45 am

New Jersey doesn’t have a law that requires law enforcement officials charged with a crime to be suspended, a loophole that creates a potential path for Robert Kugler to serve as Bergen County Sheriff even though Saddle Brook suspended him...

GOP sheriff candidate in Bergen indicted, will be arraigned next month

September 22, 2021 1:48 pmSeptember 22, 2021 1:57 pm

The Republican candidate for Bergen County Sheriff will be arraigned on October 7 on corruption and official misconduct charges. Robert Kugler was suspended from his post as Saddle Brook police chief in March after the New Jersey Attorney General charged...

92-year-old ex-mayor mounts primary challenge to Bergen County Clerk

June 1, 2021 3:18 pmJune 1, 2021 3:19 pm

Bergen County Clerk John S. Hogan faces a primary from former Englewood Mayor Sondra J. Greenberg. The 92-year-old Greenberg, who served as mayor from 1976 to 1982, is mounting a political comeback nearly 40 years after leaving office. If she...

Controversial candidates backed by Bergen GOP could risk race for governor

April 23, 2021 10:39 amApril 23, 2021 12:24 pm

Facing a Democratic Party that has grown its strength through years of total control of government in the state’s most populous county, Bergen Republicans have backed a series of controversial candidates whose baggage could doom them at the polls in...