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Party Time: NJ Park Police Union Prez Accused Of Running Up $160,000 Tab On Members' Dime
A former New Jersey park police union chief indulged himself on the members’ dime, spending $160,000 in dues on dinners at upscale restaurants, airfare and out-of-state trips unrelated to the local's business, authorities charged.
Chris Smith, 48, of the Warren County town of Hope, “will now pay his dues,” Thomas Eicher, executive director of the New Jersey Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, said after a grand jury returned an indictment charging him with theft.
Smith tapped the funds of two unions he led in a “continuous theft scheme” between 2014 and 2019, when Smith was presi…
NJ Woman Supplied Brother, 71, With Children For Sex, Authorities Charge
A 71-year-old New Jersey native had sex with children supplied to him by his sister, authorities charged.
George Sappah paid his sister to make two youngsters under 13 available to him for sex several times, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer.
The sister, Greta Sappah, threatened the children if they didn’t comply, he said.
George Sappah of East Stroudsburg, PA, remained held Thursday in the Warren County Correctional Center in Belvidere pending an Aug. 7 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing Court.
A judge on Thursday released Greta Sappah, 65, of Hope, NJ, with conditi…
