April 23, 2014
A belief that an official can influence a government decision, regardless of the official's formal power to do so, can support a Hobbs Act conviction for extortion under color of official right, the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday, upholding a guilty verdict against Hamilton Township, N.J.'s former mayor.
March 13, 2013
The former mayor of Hamilton Township, N.J., was sentenced Wednesday to 38 months in prison for pocketing $12,400 in bribes to influence a local school district's award of a health insurance brokerage contract.
November 20, 2012
The mayor of Hamilton Township, N.J., was found guilty Tuesday on charges that he sought and accepted $12,400 in bribes to influence a local school district's award of a health insurance brokerage contract.