Peter Cammarano has been arrested on corruption charges. But Peter Cammarano can take little bit of solace in the fact that he is not the only one who is under the ignominious spot light.
The mayors of Hoboken and Secaucus, a state assemblyman and plenty of others were busted by the local FBI office. The FBI office had been conducting covert operations against these individuals for the past two years.
There is nothing worse than having those who chose the path of public service to indulge in corruption at the expense of tax paying individuals and citizens.
Peter Cammarano and dozens of others arrested in this sting are going to be charged for corruption, kickbacks, money laundering among other charges.
This notorious bunch operated in the area ranging from Jersey Shore to Brooklyn. There are reports that these guys were even trying to fix things in the State House in Trenton.
New York Times quotes this about the Peter Cammarano Arrest.
Among the roughly 30 people arrested by mid-morning were Hoboken Mayor Peter J. Cammarano III and Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, both Democrats, and Assemblyman Daniel M. Van Pelt, a Republican from Forked River, in Ocean County. Mr. Cammarano, who turned 32 on Wednesday, was elected mayor June 9 and sworn in July 1, after serving as councilman-at-large since 2005.
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