Sidney Stein Archives - New Jersey Globe

Judge rejects Nadine Menendez’s bid to recover seized jewelry pending appeal

July 15, 2026 10:40 amJuly 15, 2026 12:52 pm

A federal judge has rejected Nadine Menendez’s effort to force prosecutors to return jewelry seized during the 2022 FBI search of her Englewood Cliffs home, ruling that the government may continue holding the items while her criminal appeal remains pending...

Judge orders Nadine Menendez to report to prison Friday, denies bid for delay

July 8, 2026 6:51 pm

Nadine Menendez, the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, must begin serving her 54-month federal prison sentence by 2:00 PM Friday after a federal judge rejected her last-minute bid to delay her surrender for additional cancer treatment. Following a...

Nadine Menendez seeks delay in prison surrender to complete cancer treatment

July 7, 2026 10:45 pm

Nadine Menendez has asked a federal judge to delay her July 10 prison surrender date until October 30 so she can complete medically necessary breast cancer reconstruction, citing complications from cancer treatment, multiple surgeries, and an email from the Federal...

2025 New Jersey Globe Year in Review

December 31, 2025 3:25 pmJanuary 8, 2026 11:04 am

Click HERE to download a high-resolution version of the 2025 New Jersey Globe Voter’s Guide. Click HERE for a lower-resolution version For the eighth time, the New Jersey Globe presents our annual Year in Review, a look back at the...

Nadine Menendez gets 4.5 years in prison

September 11, 2025 12:36 pmSeptember 11, 2025 10:11 pm

Nadine Menendez, the wife of imprisoned former Senator Bob Menendez, was sentenced to 4.5 years in a federal prison after a jury found her guilty of corruption charges. Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York had asked for...

Menendez urges leniency for his wife

August 24, 2025 9:00 pm

In a letter written from prison, former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez sought to walk back his defense strategy at trial that blamed his wife, Nadine, for his role in a bribery conspiracy — and pleaded with a federal judge to...

Menendez wants to delay prison to attend step-daughter’s wedding

May 8, 2025 5:49 amMay 12, 2025 10:00 am

Update: on May 9, Judge Sidney Stein agreed to move Menendez’s prison surrender date from June 6 to June 17, though he said that “no further adjournments will be granted.” Former U.S. Senator Bob Menendez wants to put off prison...