CAMDEN - A former mayor of Atlantic City was sentenced to spend 30 days in prison for defrauding supporters of a youth basketball team.
Frank Gilliam, 49, also must spend 11 months on home confinement, said the U.S. Attorney s Office for New Jersey.
Graham helped found a nonprofit that ran the team, AC Starz, and solicited donations as an Atlantic City councilman and later, as mayor, the federal prosecutor s office said in a statement.
Donors believed their money would help support the team and/or buy backpacks for needy children, the statement said. Gilliam instead used most of the money for personal expenses, including luxury clothing, expensive meals, and trips, it added.
TRENTON - A Burlington County man has admitted he took part in a riot here that followed a peaceful protest over police brutality in May 2020.
Killian F. Melecio, 20, of Columbus acknowledged he tried to set fire to a Trenton police car during the disturbance, said the U.S. Attorney s Office for New Jersey.
Melecio was accused of accepting a shirt from another rioter and attempting to stuff it into the police car s gas tank and ignite it, the federal prosecutor s office said in a statement.
The May 31 incident came on a day of nationwide protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who lost his life during an arrest by Minneapolis police.
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One of my favorite stories of the past month or so has been the auction to push the button to blow up Trump Plaza.
We know that it won’t happen. But would you believe the idea actually originated with a Republican former elected official, who then passed it onto a state senator who passed it on to another Republican state senator who passed it on to Mayor Marty Small?