NJ Attorney-Politico Pleads Guilty to Accepting Improper Referral Fee
A New Jersey attorney and local politician has pleaded guilty to accepting an improper referral fee for advising a local police officer in the process of suing the municipal government in a whistleblower matter.
October 18, 2018 at 03:22 PM
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A New Jersey attorney and local politician has pleaded guilty to accepting an improper referral fee for advising a local police officer in the process of suing the municipal government in a whistleblower matter.
Haddon Township Commissioner Paul Dougherty, who resigned on Oct. 16, pleaded guilty before Camden County Superior Court Judge Edward McBride Jr. to a single charge of third-degree conspiracy to confer an unlawful benefit on a public official, according to a release from Attorney General Gurbir Grewal.
Dougherty will likely be sentenced to probation, the release said.
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