Racketeering charges against New Jersey Democratic power broker George Norcross dismissed by judge
Trenton, New Jersey – The state judge agreed on Wednesday to throw Feeling fees Against New Jersey Democratic Authority George Norker and that accused next to him.
Supreme Court judge granted Peter Warsho a request from NORCRORSS and other defendants to reject the accusation of the Grand jury of the blackmail of the public prosecutor Matt Platin.
Platin said in a statement that he was planning to appeal the judge’s ruling.
The charges stem from the indictment in June 2024, which Platin announced at a press conference in which NORCROSS himself made an unusual step in person and sit in front of the public prosecutor. NORCROSS and five other accused of the management of “Foundation” dating back to 2012 accused their political influence in formulating legislation to serve their own interests.
In a decision of approximately 100 pages, the judge found that allegations of prosecution did not rise to the point of criminal coercion or extortion and moved for time.
“The defendants correctly argue that when considering the private parties that negotiate economic deals in the free market system, threats are not sometimes illegal or illegal. In these cases, there may be something wrong with its nature in using economic fear to obtain property.”
Among the allegations against NORCROSS is that he threatened a developer who would not abandon his rights to water property in Camden, New Jersey, under NORCRORS. The indictment is cited by recording the phone loaded with NORCROSS, as the developer tells that he will face “severe consequences”. The person asks whether NORCROSS threatens him, according to the indictment. “Certainly,” NORCROSS responds.
The indictment also said that NORCROSS and the participating defendants had blackmail the business and the Corporation of the Rights of the Rights on the waterfront of Camen and obtained tax incentives credits, then sold them for millions of dollars. Platin Camden has long been described by economic decline.
At that time, defense lawyer Michael Critcheli Platin was accused of “revenge” against NORCRORS, noting that the development of the waterfront was investigated for years by many agencies, including Federal Public Prosecutors in Philadelphia and New Jersey, as well as Platin’s predecessor.
Cretchley said that these investigations did not reach anything.
Norkeros, who served as CEO of insurance company Conner Strong & Bucaclio, was widely seen as among the most influential democrats in the state.
He was a member of the National Democratic Committee until 2021, and previously held the position of head of the Camden Democratic Province Party. He was an intimate friend of the former Senate Speaker, and he was a player behind the scenes and a well -known financial supporter of Democrats in the state and the country.
In addition to rejecting the indictment against NORCROSS, the judge’s order applies to his brother and co -defender Philip A. Norkeros, New Jersey’s lawyer; George Norcros lawyer, William M. Tambosi; CEO of community partnership at Camden and former Camden mayor Dana L. Red; Sydney R. Brown, CEO of NFI Transport and Logistics Company; And the executive development company John J. Odonil.
