N.J. corruption arrests ensnare Assemblyman, mayors, rabbis
NEWARK — N.J. Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt and the mayors of Hoboken and Secaucus are among roughly 30 people arrested this morning in a federal corruption and money laundering probe that originated in the Syrian Jewish communities in Deal and Brooklyn.
Additional New Jersey politicians arrested include Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano, Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, Jersey City Council President Mariano Vega and Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini, all Democrats.
Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III, Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell, taken into custody by FBI in corruption probe
Federal authorities also searched the office and home of Joseph Doria, the commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs. Investigators were seen lugging boxes from Doria’s Bayonne home. Separately, FBI agents arrived at his Trenton office shortly after 9:30 a.m.