Mayor Dennis Elwell of Secaucus, left, boarded a bus at the F.B.I. building in Newark, N.J. on Thursday after being taken into custody as part of a corruption and money laundering conspiracy probe.
Three New Jersey mayors and several rabbis were arrested on Thursday in a sweeping federal investigation into political corruption that also uncovered human kidney sales and money laundering from Brooklyn to Israel, authorities said.
Among the 44 people arrested were Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano, who took office 23 days ago.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/nyregion/24jersey.html
About Mayor Dennis Elwell
Mayor Dennis Elwell has served Secaucus for more than two decades as mayor and a member of the Town Council. Secaucus has enjoyed historic tax stability under Mayor Elwell going 8 years without a municipal tax increase. The Secaucus Home News has said this about the Mayor: “Mayor Dennis Elwell has brought vitality to the town that was lacking for many years, and his enthusiasm for his hometown is contagious.” Mayor Elwell is the president of a family-owned trucking company. He’s also a former Secaucus Board of Education member and a decorated Vietnam combat veteran.
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