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Sudhan Thomas pleads guilty, state seeking 5-year prison term

September 5, 2025 11:48 amSeptember 6, 2025 10:11 pm

Former Jersey City Board of Education President Sudhan Thomas has admitted to accepting $35,000 in cash bribes in exchange for hiring a cooperating witness to serve as special counsel to the school board. The New Jersey Attorney General’s office will...

Plea deal for ex-councilman involved in Matt O’Donnell sting operation

May 30, 2025 10:30 amMay 30, 2025 3:28 pm

Former Mount Arlington Councilman John Windish has pleaded guilty to bribery charges connected to a controversial 2019 sting operation involving former tax appeal attorney Matt O’Donnell as the state’s cooperating witness in a small-ball sting operation that has proven to...

Lawyer suing Matt O’Donnell blasts deputy attorney general for communicating with judge privately

January 25, 2022 12:01 amJanuary 25, 2022 9:47 am

An attorney representing Holmdel Township today in a lawsuit against former tax appeal attorney Matt O’Donnell today slammed deputy attorney general John Nicodemo for communicating about his case with a Superior Court judge without telling him. O’Donnell is the state’s...

Hearings for Sudhan Thomas, John Cesaro moved to July as attorneys still review discovery

June 14, 2021 9:58 am

Two public corruption cases were pushed out to July following disposition conferences with Superior Court Judge Stephen Taylor on Monday. Former Jersey City Board of Education President Sudhan Thomas and former Morris County Freeholder John Cesaro face bribery charges related...

After attorney fires him, Sudhan Thomas now represented by a public defender

April 19, 2021 9:28 am

Former Jersey City Board of Education President Sudhan Thomas is on his third attorney since being charged sixteen months ago and will now be represented by a public defender as he battles state corruption charges. Thomas is accused of accepting...

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

March 29, 2021 12:08 amMay 29, 2025 12:56 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...

Murphy sidesteps on plea agreements that allow continued public legal work

February 17, 2021 3:33 pmMay 29, 2025 12:56 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...