Corruption

Thomas Pollando, the longtime Chairman of Sayreville’s Democratic Party Organization, was charged with accepting bribes after being caught red-handed with the cash, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

For over a month, political insiders here have had access to the new district lines that will be used in local elections, but the very same maps are still being kept secret from the general public.

Timothy Hyungrock Haahs, a Presidential appointee and prominent player in the US parking business with deep ties to the New Brunswick and Middlesex County government, was found guilty of indecent assault in a Pennsylvania court late last year.

Disgraced former Mayor Ron DiMura reported to the Middlesex County Jail on May 5 to begin serving a seven-year sentence for second-degree theft by deception.

While New Jersey is moving to increase access to voting in primary and general elections, local and county officials here are trying to limit voting opportunities for the upcoming April 20 school election.

Ronald DiMura is at least the third former Mayor here in Middlesex County to be sentenced to incarceration in recent history, joining Perth Amboy’s Joe Vas and New Brunswick’s John Lynch, Jr.

A health insurance broker reportedly caught up in a state pay-to-play probe has been dumped by one Middlesex County town where it had been considered for a municipal contract.