Newark Municipal Council
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Newark Municipal Council
Among the first to be led away in handcuffs were two former presidents of the Newark Municipal Council, convicted of pocketing bribes from a towing company. They were followed by the Newark police director, who had dipped into the municipal coffers for vacations to Bermuda and gifts, and Mayor Sharpe James's chief of staff, who had squirreled away thousands of dollars in kickbacks at the home he shared with his mistress.