Tag: New Jersey Attorney General’s Office
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New Jersey Attorney General files discrimination lawsuit against Jackson
JACKSON – New Jersey law enforcement officials have filed an unlawful discrimination lawsuit against Jackson in which they claim that “in the exercise of the township’s power to regulate land use and housing, (Jackson officials) have unlawfully discriminated on the basis of creed against residents and prospective residents who are Orthodox Jews, in violation of…
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Racist flier in 2017 Edison BOE election may be heard before state grand jury
EDISON – The details of the racist flier that was distributed by mail during the 2017 Edison Township Public Schools Board of Education election may be heard before a state grand jury, according to Township Council Vice President Sam Joshi. Joshi, along with Council Vice President Bob Diehl, relayed that the New Jersey Attorney General’s…
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Edison officials call on state AG’s office, prosecutor to bring those responsible for 2017 racist flier to justice after damaging audio recording released
EDISON – Mayor Thomas Lankey and Councilman Robert Diehl have appealed to the New Jersey Attorney General’s office and/or the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office to step in and bring those responsible for the racist flier that was distributed by mail during the 2017 Edison Township Public Schools Board of Education election to justice. Lankey and…
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New Jersey Attorney General’s Office assigns detective to investigate 2017 racist flier in Edison
EDISON – Up until recently it was not clear if the New Jersey Attorney General’s office was investigating the racist flier that was distributed by mail during the 2017 Edison Township Public Schools Board of Education election. Early on in the investigation, Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan had said the investigation was in the hands…
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Owner of Bordentown pizzeria allegedly coughed on Wegmans employee; wife denies all allegations
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal has announced that criminal charges were filed on March 24 against a man who allegedly coughed on a food store employee in Manalapan and told the woman he has the coronavirus. Grewal said George Falcone, 50, of Freehold, was charged by complaint-summons with making terroristic threats (third degree)…
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Freehold man faces charges in wake of incident at Wegmans
New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal has announced that criminal charges were filed on March 24 against a man who allegedly coughed on a food store employee in Manalapan and told the woman he has the coronavirus. Grewal said George Falcone, 50, of Freehold, was charged by complaint-summons with making terroristic threats (third degree)…
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Fingerprints may answer who is responsible for distributing racist fliers in 2017 Edison Board of Education election
EDISON – As a new election season rolls around, questions still linger surrounding the offensive events of the 2017 election in Edison. One main question remains – who distributed the racist fliers by mailing on Oct. 31, 2017, with the faces of the two candidates, Jerry Shi and Falguni Patel, who are of Asian descent?…
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Rahway man charged with attempted murder after firing shots at Edison police
EDISON – A 23-year-old Rahway man has been charged with four counts of attempted murder after allegedly firing multiple shots at police officers as he fled. Randy R. Jackson was charged on Sept. 26 with four counts of attempted murder in the first degree, one count of unlawful possession of a weapon, and…
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Edison council forms committee of the whole to investigate racist fliers
EDISON – Citing frustration over two years of unanswered questions, the Edison Township Council has formed a committee of the whole to conduct its own investigation into who is responsible for sending racist fliers that displayed two Board of Education candidates in an offensive light during the election season. The Township Council unanimously approved the…
