The unsuccessful 2009 City Council candidate who just served a prison term for taking bribes from government informant Solomon Dwek was sentenced in January 2010 to 18 months. Since his official release, he has not spoken to the press, but decided to do so recently in an exclusive interview with the Jersey City Independent.
Former city employee and onetime Ward E council candidate Guy Catrillo, who reported to the Fort Dix Correctional Facility in March after he pleaded guilty on corruption charges, has long been known around town as a friend of the arts, a musician and an artist himself. So it seems fitting that despite still having nine-plus [...]
On the morning of July 23, 2009, federal agents began knocking on doors all over Jersey City, arresting politicians and other public officials and taking them to the federal courthouse in Newark. The process of bringing the accused to trial has progressed slowly throughout the last year; a year that has brought resignation, death, court [...]
- Paying Millions to Retirees: A total of 58 city employees have retired since July 1 of last year, to a tune of $5.36 million before taxes. Many of the employees are retiring before pending state legislation caps payouts for accrued sick leave. – Manzo: Corruption Sweep a Political Tool: Former Assemblyman and five-time mayoral [...]
- Guy Heading to Prison: Former city worker and Ward E City Council candidate Guy Catrillo reports to the Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution in South Jersey today; he’s the first person swept up in the federal corruption probe to head to prison, where he will spend 18 months. – Storm Wreaks Havoc: Emergency services [...]
- It’s rainy and windy out there today; the National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for our area until this evening. – Former city planning aide and Ward E City Council candidate Guy Catrillo was the first person to be sentenced in last year’s massive federal corruption sweep; he was sentenced to [...]
- At-Large councilman Mariano Vega* pleaded not guilty to federal corruption charges yesterday, as did suspended building department employee John Guarini and political operative/Municipal Utilities Authority commissioner Joe Cardwell. Vega*’s trial is set for Feb. 24. Meanwhile, former city planning aide and Ward E City Council candidate Guy Catrillo is due to be the first [...]
- Mayor Jerramiah Healy has confirmed that FBI agents visited his Bradley Beach home in August and City Hall yesterday as they continue their probe into political corruption here. Sources tell the Journal that six to eight federal agents visited the offices of the business administrator, tax assessor, tax collector and city clerk yesterday. – [...]
- The big news of yesterday was that planning aide Guy Catrillo and Health and Human Services deputy director Maher Khalil pleaded guilty to the federal corruption charges against them. In his plea, Khalil said he was passing the alleged $30,000 in bribes he took from a purported developer along to council president Mariano Vega* [...]
Update #1 (4:35 pm): Earlier reports were correct: Both Maher Khalil and Guy Catrillo pleaded guilty today in federal court. Khalil says the bribes he took went to the campaign of City Council president Mariano Vega* and housing commissioner Edward Cheatam. Read more from the Star-Ledger. NBC News is reporting that planning aide Guy Catrillo [...]
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