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Newark ex-mayor Sharpe James is convicted of fraud
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| Contributor | Ex-New Jerseyan |
| Last Edited | Ex-New Jerseyan Apr 16, 2008 10:43am |
| Category | News |
| News Date | Apr 16, 2008 10:00am |
| Description | A federal jury today convicted former Newark Mayor Sharpe James of fraud for conspiring to rig the sale of nine city lots to his mistress, who quickly resold them for hundreds of thousands of dollars in profit.
Ending a five-week trial, the jury returned its verdict in a courtroom just a block from the City Hall office that James occupied for two decades. Less than an hour into its sixth day of deliberations, the jury found James guilty on all 13 counts in the indictment. |
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