Judge dismisses racketeering indictment against New Jersey Democratic power broker, co-defendants
Associated PressTRENTON, N.J. — A state judge on Wednesday agreed to toss out racketeering charges against New Jersey Democratic power broker George Norcross and those charged alongside him. Superior Court Judge Peter Warshaw granted Norcross’ and other defendants’ motion to dismiss a state grand jury’s indictment on racketeering charges brough by Attorney General Matt Platkin. The indictment also said Norcross and the co-defendants extorted and coerced businesses with property rights on Camden’s waterfront and obtained tax incentive credits, which they then sold for millions of dollars. In addition to dismissing the indictment against Norcross, the judge’s order applied to his brother and co-defendant Philip A. Norcross, a New Jersey lawyer; George Norcross’s longtime lawyer William M. Tambussi; Camden Community Partnership chief executive and former Camden Mayor Dana L. Redd; Sidney R. Brown, chief executive of trucking and logistics company NFI; and development company executive John J. O’Donnell.
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