Political power broker George Norcross indicted on racketeering charges
Raw StoryGeorge Norcross III, a powerful Democratic power broker, was charged with racketeering on Monday along with five others including his personal lawyer, his brother, and a former Camden mayor. In one instance, the indictment alleges Norcross told an unnamed developer who didn’t want to give up their waterfront property that he would ensure the developer never does business in Camden again. It alleges Norcross once threatened a developer that he would “f**k you up like you’ve never been f**ked up before.” The charges come during a turbulent year in New Jersey politics. “This alleged conduct of the Norcross enterprise has caused great harm to individuals, businesses, nonprofits, the people of the state of New Jersey, and especially to the city of Camden and its residents,” Platkin said. Norcross also suggested Platkin’s political ambitions are to blame — Norcross called Platkin a politician “masquerading as an attorney general.” “I want to go to trial in two weeks.
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